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♪ >>> THERE IS A HEAVY MIX OF SPORTS AND SHOW BIZ IN LAS VEGAS THIS WEEK. AND LIV GOLF’S HIGH ROLLERS ARE ON THE STRIP CHASING THE JACKPOT. DAY ONE OF THE STORIED LAS VEGAS COUNTRY CLUB WAS A CHILLY AFFAIR.
BUT OUR WORLD-CLASS FIELD OF 54 PLAYERS AND 13 TEAMS BROUGHT PLENTY OF HEAT. WE HAVE 36 MORE HOLES TO DECIDE OUR CHAMPIONS. THIS IS DAY TWO OF LIV GOLF LAS VEGAS AND IT ALL STARTS RIGHT NOW! ♪ ♪ >> HEY, WHAT’S UP, MAN.
COME ON IN. LET’S DO THIS THING. ♪ ♪ >>> I AM FIRED UP TO HAVE YOU IN MY TOWN. LAS VEGAS, BABY! JUST SO YOU KNOW, THIS PLACE IS ABOUT TO BE WILD. EVEN THOUGH I AM NOT PLAYING, MY JUICES ARE FLOWING.
I GOT TO GO PRACTICE. [BEEPING] >> WHAT DO YOU THINK I WAS TALKING ABOUT. >> WHAT A START! >> THAT IS JUST SENSATIONAL. >> CHAMPAGNE IS POPPING. AND ALL THE STARS ARE HERE. THE BEST PLAYERS AND TEAMS IN THE WORLD IN THIS CITY FOR THE
FIRST TIME. >> SIMPLY MAGNIFICENT! >> YEAH, WE GOT THEM. >> ICE COOL. >> THE MOST INCREDIBLE ACTION. YEAH, WE GOT THAT. >> TO THE DELETE OF THE WATERING HOLE. >> ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE! >> HARD HITS. UNRELENTING PLAY. GUYS WILLING TO LAY IT ALL ON
THE LINE. YEAH, WE GOT THAT. I HEARD THERE MAY BE ANOTHER GAME IN TOWN THIS WEEK. BUT I KNOW THIS, THE GAME BEFORE THE GAME IS GOING TO BE THE GA GAME. >> YES! >> SO WELCOME TO LAS VEGAS, BABY!
IT IS WHAT I LIVE FOR. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> HAROLD VARNER III WAS ALL SHOOK UP IN MEXICO AND ROLLED THE DICE ON DAY ONE IN VEGAS AND SIMPLY COULD NOT MOVE. PAUL CASEY IS ANOTHER WHO LOOKS TO CASH IN HIS CHIPS.
THEY ARE THE MEN TO CATCH AT 7 UNDER PAR. THIS IS LIV GOLF, AND THE WORLD’S BIGGEST NAME IS NOT GOING TO FALL, SMITH SMITH, DUSTIN JOHNSON, BROOKS KOEPKA AND JON RAHM. BUBBA WATSON AND RANGE GOATS WERE FOUR OF A KIND AND OUR
SHOTGUN START IS MOMENTS AWAY. HELLO, EVERYBODY, FROM ARLO WHITE AND DAVID FAHERTY IN LAS VEGAS. WELCOME TO OUR COVERAGE OF DAY TWO. DAY ONE IS VERY INTERESTING. HAROLD VARNER FROM WORST IN MEXICO TO FIRST HERE IN LAS VEGAS.
HE SAID HE WAS EMBARRASSED WITH THE EFFORT SOUTH OF THE BORDER. WHAT WAS THE SECRET OF THE SUCCESS YESTERDAY. >> BUTCH HARNON. HE WENT TO SEE BUTCH HARMON. A GREAT MENTOR FOR HAROLD WHO HAD PERSONAL DIFFICULTIES IN THE OFF SEASON.
BUTCH REALLY SET HIM ON THE RIGHT TRACK AND WENT FROM STONE LAST TO STONE FIRST SPIN DEED, A 63 YESTERDAY. 7 UNDER PAR. HB 3 TEE IT OFF AT THE 4th. HE WAS BOGEY FREE ALL DAY. SEVEN BIRDIES AND THE LAST OF
THEM AT THE THIRD TO END HIS FIRST ROUND. SO HE AND PAUL CASEY LEVEL ON 63. A TEAM THAT DIDN’T PERFORM IN MEXICO WAS THE RANGE GOATS. THEY PUT THAT BEHIND THEM. YOU HAVE TO BE IN GOOD FORM TO COUNT AS RANGE GOATS.
>> PETER UIHLEIN THE NEW GUY SHOT 66 AND DIDN’T SCORE. THE REST OF THEM SHOOTING 65. I THINK THEY ARE FAVORITES FROM HERE ON IN. >> THEY WOULD BE. ALWAYS ARE FOR YOU. >> AMAZING. >> PRETTY IN PINK, THE RANGE
GOATS TOP OF THE TEAM COMPETITION BY THE STROKE AND THREE OR FOUR OF THEM IN THE MIX INDIVIDUALLY AS WELL. MATTHEW WOLFF FOR BIRDIE AT 15. 65 FOR HIM. BUBBA WATSON TEE IT OFF AT 1. FEATURED GROUP AND HE RESPONDED,
65 FOR BUBBA AND GREAT TOO SEE HIM NEAR THE TOP OF THE PYLON. TEN MINUTES OR SO TO IF UNTIL OUR SHOTGUN START. THE SUN IS SHINING. A TAD CHILLY, BUT JUST WAIT. THE ACTION WILL BE RED-HOT. WE WILL INTRODUCE TO YOU OUR
ENTIRE BROADCAST TEAM AFTER TH THIS. >> NEW LIV GOLF SEASON IS HERE. >> SUR THE GOAT AND THE GOAT IS YOU. >> TO SEE WHO WILL WIN FOR THE GLORY AND THE FOLLOWING. THE SEASON STARTS NOW. LIV GOLF, GET INTO A NEW
DIMENSION. >> IS THAT YOURS? >> SUNNY SKIES. NO WIND, ARLO, DAVID. >> HELLO. >> WE WILL SEE LOW SCORES. THEY WILL BE PLAYING VERY WELL. 7 LUND NOT BE THE LOW ROUND TODAY. >> NO. NO. ALTHOUGH, THEY DOUBLE CUT THE
FEARWAYS AND PLAYING AT DAWN WHICH — SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT GOLF COURSE BECAUSE OF THAT, BUT I AGREE WITH YOU. WE WILL SEE LOW SCORING BECAUSE LITTLE BREEZE. >> MIGHT SEE SOME MUD BALLS DEPENDING ON HITS THEM. MAY GET COLORFUL COMMENTARY.
A BAD BREAK BUT PART OF THE TEAM. IN THE ’80s WHEN THEY PLAYED THE PGA EVENTS, A DIFFERENT GAME AND HELD IT VERY WELL. THIS COURSE NEEDS THE WIND TO DEFEND ITSELF AGAINST THE STYLE OF GAME THESE FOLKS PLAY. >> DUSTIN JOHNSON HAS THE JACKET
ON. THAT MIGHT COME OFF WHEN WE TEE IT UP A LITTLE BIT LATER ON. 67 FOR HIM IN ROUND ONE. HE IS THEREABOUTS. TOP OF THE PYLON, IMPRESSED. 1 PLAYERS WITHIN FOUR SHOTS OF THE LEAD. >> YEAH, REALLY COMPRESSED.
>> HOPE TO SEE EAGLES TODAY. >> TALOR GOOCH GETTING THE LAST WORDS OF DEVICE OR CHECKING ON THE KIDS. >>THE LATTER WITH TAYLOR. HAS A NEW BABY AS JASON KOKRAK LED THE DAY, DELIGHTED WITH THAT IN RUINED ONE. AND SMASH ARE NEAR THE TOP OF
THE PIYLON ON TOP OF THE COMPETITION. BROOKS KOEPKA WITH A 68. BRIGHT SUNSHINE HERE AT THE LAS VEGAS COUNTRY CLUB. A STORIED PROPERTY HERE JUST OFF THE STRIP IN LAS VEGAS. AND WE ARE, WHAT, SEVEN AND A HALF MINUTES AWAY FROM HOUR SHOTGUN START.
JERRY FULTZ IS BEHIND US WITH THE PREGAME SHOW. YOU ARE WITH THE COOL KIDS NOW, THE FIVE-FOUR. WE TALKED A LITTLE OF HV III AND WHAT A FANTASTIC COMEBACK FROM LAST PLACE IN MEXICO TO TIE FOR FIRST YESTERDAY. PAUL CASEY IS A MAN EN IG MATTIC
FOR THE LIV GOLF CIRCUIT. HE DID WELL FOR THE CRUSHERS. INDIVIDUALLY MAYBE LESS SO, BUT YESTERDAY, HE SAID HE FEELS GREAT. >> YOU KNOW, HE HAVEN’T PLAYED CONSISTENTLY WELL THE WAY HE HAS DONE IN THE PAST, BUT, YOU KNOW, HE IS A PHENOMENAL PLAYER WHEN
HE GETS TO STRIKING THE BALL WELL. HE HAS BEAUTIFUL, QUIET SWING, AN ELEGANT FINISH TO IT. LIKE A FINE WINE. >> SEEMS LIKE UNFORTUNATELY THROUGHOUT MUCH OF HIS CAREER, HE HAS BEEN BETWEEN MOMENTS OF INJURIES AND HE FOUGHT A FEW
NAGGING ONES LAST YEAR. WHEN HE IS HEALTHY, NO FLAWS IN HIS GAME AS DAVID ALLUDED TO AND NO SURPRISE TO ANY OF HIS COMPETITORS EVEN AT THIS POINT IN HIS CAREER AS HE WENT ON TO BE IN CONTENTION WITH CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY OR BECOMING VICTORIOUS.
>> HE SAID HE IS NOT 100%. MESS GETTING OLDER BUT THE BIRDIE AT 7 TO END HIS ROUND AT 63. TIED WITH HAROLD VARNER III. HE TEED AT 8. BOGEYED 10. ONE OVER AND EIGHT BIRDIES THE REST OF THE DAY.
TERRIFIC ROUND FOR PAUL CASEY. THIS IS LIV GOLF, THERE ARE GOING TO BE PLENTY OF COMPETITION TOWN THE PYLON. YOU LOOK AT THE LIKES OF BROOKS KOEPKA WHO IS 2 UNDER. HE IS THEREABOUTS. CAMERON SMITH, DUSTIN JOHNSON. PRETTY HOT TODAY.
>> AND THE WILD CARD TO ME. THOSE GUYS YOU EXPECT TO PLAY GREAT. YOU ARE MORE SURPRISED IF THEY DON’T PLAY GREAT THAN WHEN THEY DO. MATTHEW WOLFF. HE IS IN A GOOD PLACE. >> I CALL IT DAVID’S RANGE GOATS.
HE FEELS LIKE HE HAS PEOPLE AROUND HIM THAT CARE MORE ABOUT HIM AS A PERSON THAN THE SCORES HE SHOOTS ON A RANGE AND HUGE TO A GUY LIKE HIM AND HIS CEILING, DAVID, IS UNLIMITED. >> SUFFICIENT JASON KOKRAK WHO IS UP THERE.
AND SOME FAMILIAR WITH THE GOLF COURSE. HIS AUNT AND UNCLE LIVE ON THE GOLF COURSE. LOCAL KNOWLEDGE. THAT DEFINITELY A FACTOR. >> KNOW IT IS LIKE THE BACK OF HIS HAND. TO RANGE GOATS. PETER UIHLEIN WENT TO 66. HIS SCORE DIDN’T COUNT.
THREE SCORES COUNTING. ALL FOUR TOMORROW AND RANGE GOATS GC. AND COULD NOT STOP THEM. PETER UIHLEIN WAS WITH SUE ANN HENG. >> WE ARE ON THE CHIPPING GREEN AND I FOUND A FELLOW GOAT. THE TEAM LEADING BY ONE, PETER UIHLEIN.
GOOD ROUND YESTERDAY. FOUR UNDER BAR AND SCORES DIDN’T COUNT. DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO MAYBE UP YOUR GAME TODAY? WE HAD A GOOD DAY YESTERDAY. I THINK ANY TIME YOU CAN SHOOT FOUR UNDER AND IT IS A GOOD DAY FOR THE SQUAD.
HOPEFULLY KEEP IT GOING AND WE WILL SEE. >> I SPOKE TO BUBBA YESTERDAY AND HE JOKINGLY SAID YOU GUYS WERE THANKFUL NOT TO BE IN MAYAKOBA BECAUSE SO TOUGH OFF THE TEES. ARE YOU EMBRACING THE STRENGTH ON THE GOLF COURSE.
>> I GUESS SO. I CAN’T SPEAK OF ANYBODY ELSE BUT I DID A BETTER JOB OF KEEPING THE BALL IN PLAY WHICH I WASN’T DALLAS DO– THEY WEREN’T DOING ALL LAST WEEK. >> YOUR SECOND WEEK AS A GOAT. HOW HAS THE TEAM DYNAMIC BEEN? >> DIFFERENT.
BUBBA IS A DIFFERENT CAPTAIN COMPARED FOR DJ AND BROOKS. OBVIOUSLY I AM CLOSE TO WOLFY AND I HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP AND THOMAS. WE ALL GET ALONG WELL. IT IS GOOD AND TOTALLY DIFFERENT. BUT IT HAS BEEN GOOD SO FAR. >> THANKS FOR THE CHAT.
PLAY WELL TODAY. >> THANK YOU. >> GREAT STUFF FROM SUE ANN WITH PETER UIHLEIN. INTERESTING MOVES OF BUBBA WATSON. EYE EYEBROWS RAISED WHEN HE WENT TALOR GOOCH. PETER UIHLEIN AND MATTHEW WOLFF THAT BUBBA RANKS HIGHLY. AT 11th PLACE LOOKED LIKE IT
BACKFIRED IN MEXICO. THEY HAD A GREAT DAY YESTERDAY AND THEY SEEM TO BE MESHING AS WELL. >> BUBBA IS THE PERFECT CAPTAIN FOR MATTHEW WOLFF. THE TWO OF THEM ARE VERY RELATABLE. MATTHEW WOLFF IS ONE OF THOSE GUYS THAT NEEDS TO BE NURTURED.
PETER UIHLEIN A REALLY SOLID PLAYER. HE PLAYED BEAUTIFULLY LAST YEAR. THEY LIKE A VERY COHESIVE TEAM. >> CLOSE FRIENDS. AN AGE GAP BETWEEN PETER UIHLEIN AND WOLFF. PETER UIHLEIN IS SO LAID BACK. HE DOESN’T GET STRESSED BY ANYTHING. IT DOESN’T MATTER IF YOU ARE
BACK AT THE TEAM ROOM AND HAVING DINNER TOGETHER. THEY SAID THE LAST THING THEY TALK ABOUT WHEN THEY ARE TOGETHER IS GOLF. HE SAYS DAYS OF YOUR BAD BREAK-UP. >> A PLAYER LIKE MATTHEW WOLFF, IF HE IS IN THE RIGHT
ENVIRONMENT, AND HE NEEDS TO GET IN THE RIGHT ENVIRONMENT TO GET OUT OF IT. IS THIS THE ENVIRONMENT FOR HIM? >> LOOK AT HIM RIGHT NOW. ALL SMILES. I WALKED PAST HIM AT THE HOTEL. HE IS HANGING OUT WITH ONE OF
THE OTHER PLAYERS AND HE IS ALWAYS SMILES. AND NECESSARY A HAPPY PLACE. I KNOW THAT SOUNDS TRITE, AND WE DON’T TALK ABOUT THAT PARTICIPANT OF OUR HEALTH ENOUGH, BUT NECESSARY A GOOD PLACE AND HIS TALL RENTS UNLIMITED. >> GET THE VIEWS OF OUR ON
COURSE ANALYSTS OUT HERE WHO ARE WRAPPED UP AGAINST THE ELEMENTS FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT DAY. START WITH YOU. WHAT ARE THE KEYS OF SUCCESS OUT THERE FOR DAY TWO? >> WELL, HITTING FAIRWAYS, ARLO. HAROLD VARNER MISSED ONE FAIRWAY YESTERDAY. THE REST OF THE GUYS NEAR THE
TOP OF THE LEADERBOARD HIT EIGHT OR TEN. IT IS ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL. MAKES LIFE SO MUCH EASIER, IF ARE IN THE ROUGH GO OVER TREE OR AROUND THEM AND NOT GIVE YOURSELF ENOUGH BIRDIE LOOKS AND YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE A LOT OF BIRDIES OUT HERE TODAY.
>> ONLY FOUR SHOTS BETWEEN THE LEAD AND 12th PLACE AND PLENTY HE BIG NAMES BEHIND IT. I SPOKE TO A FEW PLAYERS AND THEY WERE QUITE SURPRISED THAT THE SCORES WEREN’T LOWER. BRYSON AND MATTHEW WOLFF SAID THERE IS A 60 OUT THERE UP FOR
GRABS. YOU CAN COUNT ON THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPS TO DELIVER A LOWER ROUND TODAY. THESE GUYS IN THE TWO GROUPS, THEY CAN’T AFFORD TO RELAX. KEEP THE PEDAL ON THE METAL AND STAY AGGRESSIVE. >> THANKS, SUE ANN. DO YOU HAVE THE SAME IDEA WITH
THE COURSE? A 60 WITH THE CONDITIONS THEY ARE. >> ABSOLUTELY. SUB 60. WE SAW 57 ON THE COURSE YESTERDAY. ALBEIT A SHORT COURSE IN COLUMBIA. BUT NONETHELESS AT 57. WE SAW A GREAT 59 ON A TOUR-APPROVED COURSE.
AND WE COULD SEE SOMETHING SUB 60 QUITE EASILY, MAYBE MORE THAN ONE. >> 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. >> THE COUNTDOWN IS ON TO OUR SHOTGUN START. DAY TWO. A CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY TOMORROW HERE IN LAS VEGAS. AND WE WILL START AT THE FIRST TEE.
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE WELCOME — IS. >> AFTER A 63 YESTERDAY OF THE CRUSHERS, IT IS PAUL CASEY. [APPLAUSE] >> DOESN’T HISTORY EVERY SHOT PERFECT, DAVID, BUT HARD TO SEE WHY WHEN YOU WATCH THIS SWING. >> YEAH. >> BETWEEN HIM AND LOUIS
OOSTHUZEN, THE PRETTIEST SWINGS OUT THERE. >> PUT CHARLES HOWELL IN THE CONVERSATION. >> YEAH. >> JUST LOOKS LIKE A MACHINE WHEN HE IS SWINGING LIKE THAT. >> WELCOME FROM 4ACES — >> HAROLD VARNER. 63 YESTERDAY. HAROLD VARNER III. VEGAS 4ACES CAP ON.
SPECIAL EDITION, OF COURSE ♪ ♪ >>> FROM THE OUTHOUSE TO T TT THE PENTHOUSE. ONE ROUND MUCH GOLF. >> HE WAS EMBARRASSED LAST WEEK. HE WANTED TO PULL HIS WEIGHT. WHEN YOU GET TRADED, YOU WANT TO BEAT YOUR FORMER TEAM. >> AND THE GUY THAT YOU GOT
TRADED FOR. BROOKS ON THE TEE. THAT IS A STUNNING BACKDROP. >> ON THE RANGE GOATS, ANOTHER 5 UNDER PAR. THOMAS PIETERS. >> NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT ONE EITHER. COULD START FOR THESE GUYS. GOOD START. >> ABRAHAM. 182 TODAY.
>> WE HEARD FROM HIM JUST BEFORE THE SHOTGUN START. PETER UIHLEIN ON THE TEE AT AFTER A 66 YESTERDAY. >> SHORTS AND HAND WARMER. >> YOU BET. >> WE ONLY SEE THOSE ON QUARTERBACKS IN THE COLD CLIMATES IN THE NFL.
>> JON RAHM OF LEGION XIII WHO WON THEIR FIRST-EVER LIV GOLF EVENT IN MAYAKOBA. HE IS TEEING OFF AT 6:00. A EVEN IF START FOR JON RAHM. WE ARE UNDER WAY ON FRIDAY. ROUND TWO OF LIV GOLF LAS VEGAS
AT THE LAS VEGAS COUNTRY CLUB. >> STILL A FEW SPOTS OF ABNORMAL GROUND CONDITIONS WITH OUTSIDE THE ROPES. >> GOOD TO SEE BUBBA WATSON PAUL CASEY AND MATTHEW WOLFF BACK ON THE LEADERBOARD OF GOLF AGAIN. IT IS ABOUT TIME. PLAY WELL, BOYS. THEY STARTED EXCELLENTLY.
BUBBA LAST YEAR IN BED MINISTER. SAW HIM SLIDE DOWN THE PYLON ON CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY, BUT EASY TO FORGET WHAT HE WENT THROUGH WITH THAT SERIOUS KNEE INJURY AND THE OPERATION AND RECUPERATION LAST YEAR. >> IF NICK-O THE GOLF FAN THINKS IT IS A LONG TIME.
IMAGINE HOW THEY FEEL. SEEMS LIKE FOREVER FOR THEM TO BE IN CONTENTION YOU ARE NOT HUMAN IF YOU DON’T START TO WONDER THAT YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET TO THAT LEVEL OF PLAY AGAIN. YOU DON’T GET TO THAT LEVEL
WITHOUT BELIEVING THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT, A LITTLE MORE HARD WORK AND A LITTLE BIT OF CONFIDENCE AND I AM BACK. >> A BIG GAME HAPPENING HERE ON SUNDAY, I BELIEVE. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS REPRESENTED HERE. >> I FEEL SORRY FOR THEM. GOOD LUCK.
I HOPE THEY HAVE A GOOD DAY. BUT I AM SORRY, BUT THE 49ers ARE WINNING. THE ONLY WAY I KEEP MY JOB. MY BOSS IS A HUGE-49ER FAN. >>[LAUGHTER] SCENE ON THE FIRST FAIRWAY. A LOT OF RAIN AROUND IN LAS VEGAS THIS WEEK.
CLEARED UP NICE. >> DAVID MENTIONED THEY MOWED YESTERDAY EVENING AND MOWED AGAIN THIS MORNING. THAT IS RARE TO DOUBLE MOW FAIRWAYS. >> YEAH. >> THE FIRST FAIRWAY. PAUL CASEY, HAROLD VARNER III, AND PIETERS. AND DOM, YOU ARE FOLLOWING THIS GROUP.
>> I AM, THREE VERY NICE DRIVES ON THE FAYWAY. AS JERRY SAID, TINY BIT OF MUD ON THE FRONT SIDE OF HAROLD’S BALL. >> 19 FRONT. EVERYTHING COMING DOWN TO THE GROUP OF PEOPLE. A NORMAL ONE PITCHES 10 DEGREES. >> NOT REALLY.
>> GREAT DEAL THERE, MATE. >> THIS IS VERY ACCESSIBLE EVEN FROM THIS DISTANCE. I WOULDN’T BE SURPRISED TO SEE THE EAGLE FROM ONE OF THESE GUYS STARTING THEIR ROUNDS. >> THAT TURNED HARD LEFT. >> WELL, HE IS IN THE BUNKER.
MANAGED TO AVOID THE WATER AND HAS PLENTY OF GREEN TO WORK. MIGHT NOT BE TERRIBLE, BUT NOT A GOOD FEELING BREAK. >> I DON’T THINK HE SAW THE MUD THAT WAS ON THE FRONT SIDE COUNTY BALL. I THINK IT AFFECTED THE BALL FLIGHT.
>> WELL, IT IS A LITTLE RIGHT. >> JASON KOKRAK, 2nd OF 2, SUE ANN. FIVE UNDER BAR. 65 FOR JASON YESTERDAY. AND PAUL CASEY AT 1 TALK THAT. HE HAS THE BALL SPEED. OUTCONTROLLED THE OTHER TWO BY 12 YARDS.
HEAD TO THE MIDDLE OF THE GREEN. AMAZING HOW THE BALL SPEED GOES UP WHEN YOU HIT IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BALL FACE. >> TALOR GOOCH, NOT HIS BEST IN MEXICO, BUT CHALLENGING HERE IN LAS VEGAS ON DAY TWO. HIS SECOND SHOT ON THE THIRD.
>> WELCOME TO THE LIV GOLF LEAGUE. IF YOU WERE NEW TO THIS, HERE IS THE DEAL. 54 PLAYERS, 13 TEAMS OF FOUR. PLUS TWO WILD CARDS AT EVERY EVENT. THEY WILL PLAY THREE ROUNDS WITH THE SHOTGUN START AND PLAYERS COMPETE BOTH FOR THEIR TEAM AND
INDIV INDIVIDUALLY. INDIVIDUAL POINTS EACH WEEK AND CAN ADD UP ACROSS THE SEASON. >> BROOKS KOEPKA. >> FINISHING AT OR NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE STANDINGS MEANS RELEGATION OUT OF THE LIV GOLF LEAGUE. TEAM COMPETITION, THIS IS WHERE THINGS REALLY HEAT UP.
THE FIRST TWO ROUNDS, THE FIRST THREE SCORES COUNT TOWARD THE TEAM SCORE AND ALL SCORES COUNT ON THE FINAL ROUND. LOWEST TOTAL WINS THE TEAM’S SHOWDOWN. TEAM POINTS ACROSS THE SEASON. AND EPIC WINNER TAKES ALL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP FINALE. >> THEY ARE THE WORLD CHAMPIONS.
>> THIS IS GOLF, BUT LOUDER. THIS IS LIV GOLF. >> ABRAHAM ANCER WITH AN EARLY BIRDIE OPPORTUNITY HERE AT 16. >> ABRAHAM ANCER IS VERY WELL-P WELL-PLACED. >> BUBBA NOW HERE ON THE 2nd WITH A BIRDIE OPPORTUNITY. DIDN’T HIT HIS BEST IRON INTO
THIS GREEN. SAID IN HIS PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY THAT HE REALLY WANTED TO LIFT THE TROPHY NOT JUST FOR HIS TEAM, BUT FOR SELFISH REASONS AS WELL. HE WANTS TO PROVE THAT HE CAN COMPETE AND STILL WIN OUT HERE. >> SPECIFIC, HE IS TRADED AWAY
HAROLD VARNER III. HE TRADED BOTH RANGE GOATS THAT WON INDIVIDUAL TITLES. HV III. >> LOVELY BUNKER SHOT THERE. >> LONG RUN. >> FIRST LOOK AT CALEB SURRATT, HIS SECOND SHOT AT NUMBER 17. >> YOU HAD A CHAT WITH HIS COLLEGE COACH THIS MORNING.
>> YES, BRENDAN WEBB, RANKED NUMBER 6 IN THE COACHES POLL TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS PLAYING DOWN IN PUERTO RICO. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SHOT THERE. >> PETER UIHLEIN, SECOND SHOT AT 3. >> THIS MAN WAS WANTING BUBBA TO LEFT A TROPHY. AT A MINIMUM 41 PLAYERS — GREAT
PLAYERS WILL NOT LIFT AN INDIVIDUAL TROPHY THIS YEAR. A MINIMUM. THAT IS A LOT. >> MATTHEW WOLF ON THE SECOND GR GREEN. >> A GREAT SHOT FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS FAIRWAY. 26 PUTTS. GOOD PUTTING ROUND FOR HIM.
HE WANTED TO MINIMIZE ANY ERRORS. HE DID THAT YESTERDAY. >> GOOD TRY THERE. >> NEXT TO THE GREEN AT 1. PAUL CASEY A LONG EAGLE ATTEMPT. >> THESE GUYS CAN FINISH IN THREE AND A HALF HOURS. THEY DO NOT WASTE TIME.
>> GREAT THINGS OUT HERE ON THIS LEAGUE. THE PACE OF PLAY. >> FOUR AND A HALF HOURS FOR EVERYBODY IN THE FIELD AND THAT IS SO RARE IN PROFESSIONAL GOLF. >> TALOR GOOCH FOR BIRDIE AT 3. A FABULOUS START FOR TALOR.
GOOD NEWS FOR SMASH GC AS WELL. THE FORMER RANGE GOATS HAS GOTTEN THEM TO 14 UNDER PAR, AND THAT IS THIRD PLACE. >> JASON WITH A BIRDIE OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN UP HIS ROUND. HIT A GREAT 9 IRON INTO THIS GRE GREEN.
>> IT WASN’T AN EASY CHIP FOR THOMAS PIETERS. VERY MAKEABLE BIRDIE PUTT. >> LET’S TAKE FIRST LOOK AT THE CRUSHERS CAPTAIN, BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU FOR BIRDIE AT 4. >> THE MOST INTERESTING MEN IN GOLF. >> A GREAT START FOR BRYSON AS WELL.
>> ■MAYBE TIED WITH BUBBA. >> WE HAVE A FEW INTERESTING CHARACTERS OUT THERE. >> HAROLD VARNER WALKING UP TO HIS THIRD SHOT. HE SAID I SAW THE MUD. HE SAID IS IT YOU SEE THE FLIGHT? HE SAID I SURE DID. A BIG KNUCKLEBALL.
>> I SAW THE MUD AND THE MUD WON. >> IT ALWAYS DOES. >> PAUL CASEY BIRDIES HIS FIRST HOLE FOR FIRST AND HAS A ONE-STROKE LEAD. >> JON RAHM FOR BIRDIE AT THE 6th. HAD A FEW OF THOSE YESTERDAY.
>> WE HAVE A COUPLE OF WILD CARDS ON THE FIELD. THE 54-MAN FIELD FOR 2024. HUDSON SWOFFORD ONE OF THEM. >> HE WAS A WIELD CARD AND NOT PLAYING WITH A TEAM. >> THEY ARE PLAYING AS INDIVIDUALS AND NOT AFFILIATED WITH TEAM.
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FREE ACTION AND REPLAY EVERY LIV GOLF ROUND EVER PLAYED FOR A GOLF FAN. IT’S HEAVEN. >> PAUL CASEY ON THE SECOND TEE. >> PECULIAR THE BALL UP — THE TEE UP QUICKLY. >> CALEB SURRATT FOR BIRDIE AT 15. 19 YEARS OF AGE.
HE REMAINS 3 UNDER PAR. >> GOLF OF A STRANGE GAME, ISN’T IT. DEAD LAST IN THE INDIVIDUAL LAST WEEK, AND SHOOT THE LOWEST ROUND YESTERDAY. CAME SO QUICKLY. >> D.J. FOR BIRDIE AT 18. >> YEAH, THIS FLAG AT 18 IS DONE.
AND WE WILL SEE A LOT OF SHOTS CLOSED. >> MISSED BERRY OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOMAS PIETERS. HERE HE IS TEEING UP AT 2. >> THAT IS LIKELY WET. >> UNLESS PLUGGED. I DIDN’T SEE ANY RIPPLE NOTICE WATER. >> PAUL CASEY STARTED WONDERFULLY.
8 UNDER PAR. ONE CLEAR OF HAROLD VARNER III. THE CRUSHERS AND GOATS ARE TEED IN THE TEAM COMPETITION. >> MATT JONES WITH THE 16th TEE. ACTED A LITTLE RIGHT. NOT BAD. >> GETTING CAUGHT UP WITH ACTION ELSEWHERE IN LAS VEGAS COUNTRY CLUB.
LOUIS OOSTHUZEN A DISAPPOINTING OPENING ROUND FOR THE STIGZ CAPTAIN. AND STENGZ DOWN IN 13th PLACE OVERNIGHT. THIRD SHOT AT 15 TO GET IT TO TWO OVER PAR. MITO PEREIRA WAS IN LAST PLACE DURING THE FIRST ROUND AND STARTED WELL FOR TORQUE.
A BIRDIE AT 15 FOR MITO. >> FOR ANIRBAN LAHIRI. ONE OF THE STINGER, BRANDEN GRACE ONLY HILL ONE FAIR WAY ON THIS GOLF COURSE. ONE OF THE BUILDINGS THE ST STINGERS STRUGGLED. >> JON RAHM AT THE 7th. >>THE SWING NEEDS NO INTROD INTRODUCTION.
>> THAT BALL FLIGHT WILL TAKE UP LESS MUD IN THE FAIRWAY WHERE IS THEY ARE PRONE TO. >> BRYSON WITH THE OPENING HOLE. . >> FABULOUS SHOT. >> CARLOS ORTIZ ON THE TEE AT 8. ♪ ♪ GOING TO BE LOUD THERE TODAY. DIDN’T HAVE CARLOS DOWN AS A BOB
MARLEY FAN. >> EVERYBODY IS A MARLEY FAN. >> SPECTACULAR SCENE HERE IN LAS VEGAS. THIS IS THE THIRD HOLE. THE WEST GATE HOTEL IN THE DISTANCE, WHICH WAS FORMALLY THE HILTON AND. >> HAD HIS LAS VEGAS RESIDENCY. >> ARE YOU OKAY WITH THIS 56.
>> I AM AT THE MOMENT. YOU HAVE A TOUCH OF DOWNSLOPE. I DON’T THINK YOU CAN HIT THE OTHER ONE. >> I THINK IT WILL SKIP REAL BAD. >> I THINK THAT IS IDEA. D. ROB. DAVID ROBINSON HIS CADDY WHO
TRANSFORMED HIS PUTTING OF ALL THINGS. JASON KOKRAK, A GREAT GOLFER AND PLAYER HIMSELF. KOKRAK WON — I THOUGHT IT WAS HIS FIRST PGA EVENT THREE YEARS AGO IN VEGAS. OUT AT SHADOW, STEVE WNN’S COURSE. COMFORTABLE PLACE. NOT HIGH DESERT.
2,000 FEET OF AT NEWT T DUDE. >> ALMOST HIT THE FLAGSTICK WITH THIS ONE. 3 OR 4% FURTHER. >> MAYBE 2,000, YOU ARE GETTING A THIRD OF A MILE. PROBABLY — PROBABLY THREE AND A HALF TO FOUR PERCENT FARTHER. BUT THE DRY AIR — EVEN THOUGH
HUMIDITY CREATES MORE LIFT, THEY NEVER PLAYED GOLF IN DRY AIR. >> BUBBA, MUNCHING ONE OUT OF OF THERE. VERY DIFFICULT TO JUDGE THE PACE COMING OUT OF THAT STUFF. HENRIK STENSON WAS 2 UNDER PAR AFTER HIS OPENING ROUND. SECOND SHOT AT 6.
>> HE WAS SICK AS A DOG LAST WEEK. STRUGGLING WITH A COLD STILL. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. HELLO, NIEMANN. >> VERY EARLY TODAY. LOVE IT. >> CHAMPION IN MAYAKOBA IN DRAMATIC CIRCUMSTANCES ON SUNDAY AND ALMOST PITCH DARKNESS IN THE PLAYOFF OVER SERGIO GARCIA, HIS
FORMER MENTOR. NICELY PLACED ON 2 UNDER PAR WITH CHANCE OF BIRDIE AT 8. NOW THEN BACK TO THE SECOND. DOM, WHAT DOES THOMAS PIETERS HAVE IN STORE. >> ABLE TO HELP HIM WITH HIS SITUATION. HE WAS EMBEDDED WITH THE TEE ABOUT SIX INCHES.
>> FROM THIS ANGLE, YOU HAVE FOUR OVER. IT IS LIKE 21 OR 25. >> I WILL BE KEEPING IT OBVIOUSLY JUST A HAIR. A MICROPHONE OR THE CROWD WITH YOUR ANGLE THERE? >> TURNS OUT A PRETTY GOOD BANK. >> BURYING THAT ON THE BUNKER.
>> ONE CLUB LENGTH. GIVING HIM A START. NOT A BAD LIE. ALL STARTS WHATSOEVER. HEAD TO THE MIDDLE OF THE GREEN RIGHT AT THE PIN BUNKER I THINK. >> YEAH. >> CASEY NEXT. >> ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL TEE SHOT. AND LONG.
HE IS GOING TO BE STARING STRAIGHT AT THIS PIN. >> HE ESTABLISHED M– DESCRIBED MAYAKOBA AS JUMANGI. >> A LOT OF MANGROVES. YOU WON’T GET ANY SHOTS AHEAD OF THAT STUFF. >> LIV GOLF CONTINUES TO BRING GOLF BUT LOUDER TO VENUES AND
CITIES ALL OVER THE WORLD. NEEDLESS TO SAY THAT VEGAS SITS PERFECTLY ON THE SCHEDULE. >> VEGAS, BABY, COME ON! ♪ >>> MAN, I AM PUMPED. >> IT IS PARTY CITY, YOU NKNOW. >> I THINK IT WILL BE COOL TO SHOWCASE THE TALENT IN A PLACE
LIKE THAT. >> YEAH, I BELIEVE VEGAS IS UNBELIEVABLE. SO CLOSE TO THE STRIP. SO MANY PEOPLE IN TOWN. I AM DEFINITELY EXCITE ABOUT THAT. >> LIV GOLF OF LAS VEGAS NEAR THE SUPER BOWL THE BEST THING WE COULD HAVE DONE.
THOSE FANS ARE THE SAME FANS THAT WOULD ENJOY AND APPRECIATE WHAT LIV GOLF HAS TO OFFER. >> WE ARE GOING TO LAS VEGAS COUNTRY CLUB. A GOLF COURSE THAT I REALLY LIKE AND IN MY HOMETOWN. RIGHT ON THE STRIP. IT WILL BE POPPING.
I AM EXCITED TO PLAY AT HOME BECAUSE ANY RECORD IS PRETTY GOOD. >> I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL GET NOISY. VEGAS SUPER BOWL WEEKEND. >> REALLY DOESN’T GET BETTER THAN THAT. >> ONE ARE TWO OF THE GUYS GOING TO THE BIG GAME.
JOHN RAMZ /* RAMZ SDMROO MATTHEW WOLFF AND BUBBA BEFORE THAT PLAYED HIS THIRD. M THAT PLAYED HIS THIRD. >> EVER SINCE THE ADVENT OF LIV GOLF, ALBEIT 21 MONTHS AGO, SO MANY OF MY FRIENDS SAY WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO LAS VEGAS.
LIV GOLF BELONGS IN LAS VEGAS. AWESOME RECEPTION. CHILLY TEMPERATURES AND NOT KEEPING PEOPLE AWAY TODAY OR TOMORROW, WE UNDERSTAND. >> GETS IT TO UNDER PAR. >> D.J. ■SECOND SHOT. WAT WATER. >> THAT WILL QUALIFY. >> YEAH. >> HECK OF A MISS.
>> JASON KOKRAK FOR A BIRDIE HERE AT 3. JERRY, YOU MENTIONEDED ABOUT HIS CADDY, DAVID, HELPING HIM WITH HIS PUTTING. IT GOT THEM TO LENGTHEN HIS PUTTER BY AN INCH AND THIS COMPLETELY CHANGED HIS PUTTING STAT, BEING ONE OF THE BEST
PUTTERS ON THE PGA TOUR. THAT WASN’T HIS BEST THOUGH. >> PAUL CASEY ON THE GREEN AT 2. THIS FOR A TWO-SHOT LEAD. >> HE LOOKS LIKE HE IS AMENDING A FOOT, FOOT AND A HALF OFF THE LEFT LIP. LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.
>> ELSEWHERE, STINGER GC, THE SOUTH AFRICANS WOULDN’T BE HAPPY LAST NIGHT WITH A 13th PLACE FINISH AFTER DAY ONE. CHARL SCHWARTZEL, 1 UNDER FOR THE COMPETITION. HIS SECOND SHOT INTO THE 9th. WAS LOUIS OOSTHUZEN WITH A BIG DUNCE’S HAT AFTER DAY ONE.
RICHARD BLAND HAVING ANOTHER FINE TOURNAMENT. HE PLEAS FOR THE CLERK. BIRDIE AT 12. THAT DROPS AND BLAND IS 2 UNDER PAR. >> MATTHEW WOLFF DID MAKE THAT SIX FOOTER FOR PAR. AND HERE IS CALEB SURRATT. >> NEXT TO THE THIRD AND BUBBA
FOR PAR. >> ALWAYS TOUGH WHEN THERE ARE SHADOWS OVER THE HOLE. >> THAT IS NOT A GOOD OMEN FOR BUBBA. TALKS OF HIS SECRET TO THE ROUND IS MAKING A BUT PUTTS. >> JON RAHM FOR BIRDIE AT 67. >> IF GET IN! >> YEAH! >>.
>> OMINOUS. OMINOUS. >> HAROLD VARNER WAS IN THE BUNKER. CHIP AT THAT POINT. THIS ONE FOR PAR. THE FIRST DROP SHOT OF THE WEEK FOR HAROLD VARNER III. JUST BEFORE THAT, THOMAS PIETERS FOR HIS PAR. [APPLAUSE] TYRRELL HATTON, 64 ON SUNDAY
WHICH HELPED LEGION XIII TO THEIR INAUGURAL COMPETITION IN MAYAKOBA. THE LOW SCORER OF THE ENTIRE FIELD. 3 UNDER PAR AND HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET IT TO 4 UNDER THERE. >> PEEREN VINCENT, ONE OF THE VINCENT BROTHERS. THIRD SHOT AT 9th. NICE.
[ APPLAUSE ] . >> TRULY A BAND OF BROTHERS,CC. PEOPLE DON’T REALIZE HOW MUCH I LAEVEN ON HIM FOR ADVICE AND WISDOM. THAT IS BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU AFTER PLAY TALKING OF PAUL CASEY. IN THE INTERVIEW AFTER THE ROUND, IT WAS SUE ANN THAT TOLD
HIM EXACTLY HOW CASEY HAD GONE AROUND AND HE PUNCHED THE AIR FOR DELIGHT FOR HIS TEAMMATE, DIDN’T HE. GONE ROUND 6. AND HERE IS PAUL CASEY, WHO IS ONE OF THE ROUNDS SO FAR AND HE LEADS BY TWO. THAT IS A VERY TIGHT-KNIT TEAM
OF GOLFERS. RIGHT. RIGHT. >> CASEY LEADS IN LAS VEGAS. A TIE BETWEEN THE CRUSHERS AND THE GOATS. >> LOOKS LIKE IT CAUGHT THE BUNKER. COULDN’T REALLY TELL. NOW THOMAS PIETERS — DON’T GO LEFT. >> HE HAVEN’T.
AND GONE THE OTHER SIDE. >> STATISTICALLY A BETTER SIDE TO MISS IT ON. >> JON RAHM OF THE 8th TEE. >> AFTER THE ONE-HANDED SECOND SHOT, D.J. FOR EAGLE AT NUMBER 1 1. >> IT’S SMOKING. >> JINICHIRO KOZUMA PLAYING RAHM ON THE 8.
HAD A LOOK OF GOING LEFT, BUT NOT MUCH. >> OVER AT THE FIRST, ADRIAN MERONK. HE HAS THIS FOR BIRDIE. ADRIAN FROM POLAND. >> TYRRELL HATTON FOR BIRDIE AT 1. >> OBVIOUSLY IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF TROUBLE OFF THE TEE OR HE
WOULD HAVE BEEN UP AROUND THE GREEN AT 2. A NICE WEDGE SHOT TO HEAR. MAYBE SIX FEET AWAY. NO PROBLEM. LEGION XIII MAKING THEIR MOVE ON DAY TWO. 11 UNDER PAR. TIED WITH THE 4ACES. FIVE BACK OF OUR CO-LEADERS.
>> CALEB SURRATT BLOWS ONE PAST THE RIGHT END THERE. >> AND DUSTIN JOHNSON FOR BIRDIE. >> STUCK WITH IT COMING PAST THE HOLE. MAYBE JUST OFF THE CENTER OF THE HOLE. TINY BIT OF BREAK LEFT. >> EXCELLENT START FOR D.J.
4 UNDER, FOUR BACK OF OUR LEADER PAUL CASEY. >> THERE IS THE MOSEE. >> FANTASTIC TEAM WITH NEW MERCHANDISE, NEW PLAYERS TO CHEER, FAMILIAR FACES AND LOGO. THE TEAM GEAR IS ALL AVAILABLE AT THE MERCH TENT OR ONLINE.
GO TO A LIV GOLF EVENT OR GO TO SHOP@LIV GOLF.COM. GRAB YOUR GEAR. DOZENS OF ITEMS THAT MAKE YOUR’S OR YOUR GOLF BUDDY’S DAY. >> THAT IS HORRIBLE. >> EEK. PAUL CASEY AT 3. >> I WILL CYCLE IF THAT IS AROUND THE BUNKER.
BECAUSE THAT PAUL LOOKS LIKE IT IS IN THE BUNKER. >> MEANWHILE, RICHARD BLAND’S SECOND AT 13. >> OOH, LOOK AT BLANDIE. MADE ONE LAST WEEK. >> THEY ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD. ♪ >>> JON RAHM MAKING HIS MOVE ON
FRIDAY DAY TWO IN LAS VEGAS. HE IS 4 UNDER PAR. 2 UNDER FOR HIS ROUND SO FAR. AND THE PUTTER OF JON RAHM IS HATING UP HERE IN NEVADA. >> WELL-DONE. >> THANK YOU. >> LAST WEEK’S RUNNER-UP, SER SERGIO. >> ON 12.
[ APPLAUSE ] >> BACK WITH OUR LEADER PAUL CASEY. >> HE IS NOT GOING TO GET RELIEF. DETERMINED HE IS ACTUALLY IN THE BUN BUNKER. >> HE IS GOING TO PLAY SIDEWAYS. THERE IS NO CHOICE. THAT IS NOT AN EASY SHOT.
BECAUSE THE CLUB WILL HIT THE LIP OF THE BUNKER. I DON’T KNOW HOW THAT WILL REACT. IT IS ANYBODY’S GUESS. >> JUST WATCH YOURSELF IN CASE IT POPS. >> IT COULD POP UP AND BACKWARDS. >> IT DID GO BACKWARDS.
JUST A LITTLE BIT. >> HORRIBLE BREAK THERE. >> A STRIKE AND A CONTACT. >> DON’T KNOW IF THE CLUB ACTUALLY TOUCHED THE BALL. BUBBA AT 4. >> 52-DEGREE WEDGE. THE BACK PORTION OF THIS GREEN. >> ELSEWHERE HERE AT THE LAS VEGAS COUNTRY CLUB.
IT IS DRIPPING WITH GOLF HISTORY. LOUIS OOSTHUZEN PREPARING SOME OF THE DANIEL OF OPENING ROUND 7. TWO UNDER TODAY. LAURIE CANTER A WILD CARD ALONGSIDE HUDSON SWOFFORD, BIRDIE AT 12. 2 UNDER FOR THE COMPETITION. >> THOMAS PIETERS OVER NEAR THE WALL.
>> BRAD OLMAN IS A BUSY MAN. THOMAS ASKED FOR A RULING BECAUSE HE IS ON TIRE MARKS AND ENTITLED TO NEW DROP. MENT POINT TO THELET OF HIM AND WE HAVE ENDED UP WITH A SMALL TREE. LOOKS LIKE CASEY WILL LET FIRST.
>> YOU ARE LOOKING AT A 11 SHOT. >> I AGREE. >> VIRTUAL CATTY. >> ONE OF HILLS VARIOUS WEDGES. >> WHAT A GREAT FORWARD THAT WOULD BE. >> NO CHOSE BUT TO GO LOW. THE CADDY IS REMOVING SOME GALLERY STEAKS AND ROPES.
>> TOO TIGHT A LIE TO TAKE THE EARLY ROUTE OR TOO CHOSE TO THE CREW. >> A PETROLEUM OF BOTH. HE HAS TO BE CAREFUL AND AIMING TOWARD THE CAR 35R9 — CAR PARK. NEEDS TO CLEAR THAT. THIS REALLY GOOD.
>> HARD TO DETERMINE THE PACE WHEN YOU HAVE TO IT IN. GOOD SHOT. >> JASON KOKRAK JUST ON THE GREEN BEHIND THE 4th. PULLED HIS WEDGE JUST SLIGHTLY. THE LIE WASN’T GREAT THERE. >> KIND OF POPPED OUT ON. >> WRIST BRYSON, SECOND SHOT AT
6. >> LITTLE PUNCH SHOT WITH ONE OF HIS WEDGES. BEAU BEAUTIFUL. >> TALOR GOOCH ON THE TEE AT 5. 184 YARDS. >> FINISHED. WON’T SEE IT OFTEN AND SOME SORT OF FINESSE SHOT. THAT IS PREDICTABLE. WE SAW IT ALL LAST YEAR.
>> MATTHEW WOLFF FOR BIRDIE ON THE FOURTH DROVE IT ON THE 6th ROUGH. MADE IT WAY RIGHT. HAD A PRETTY GOOD LIE. HIT A SAND WEDGE AT THIS POINT. BRYSON MENTIONED YESTERDAY IN HIS POST GROWN INTERVIEW, THESE SCREENS ARE TOUGH TO READ.
THEY ARE VERY TRICKY. SOUTHERN BREAKS. >> WE HEARD FROM THAT A FEW PLAYERS YESTERDAY, DIDN’T WE. CALLED THEM TRICK OR TREAT GREENS TO MAKE PUTTS ON. AND THERE ARE LITTLE BIT FASTER TODAY. 11-7 YESTERDAY. 12-0 ON THE STENSON METER.
>> A GOOD PIECE OF TRIVIA. >> SUR — SERGIO. EPIC IN THE GLOOMY MAYAKOBA LAST WEEKEND. BIRDIE FOR 12. SERGIO IS 2 UNDER PAR. >> BUBBA. >> BEIT OF A SHAKY PUTT ON THE LAST HOLE. LEFT TO RIGHT. >> BIRDIE PUTT FOR HAROLD VARNER
HERE ON THE THIRD GREEN. WILL IT TURN ENOUGH? >> TURNED A LOT AT THE END. >> HE HIT A FEW OF THOSE YESTERDAY. JUST YOUTH SIDE WHAT WE SAW. >> BEFORE HAROLD, THOMAS PIETERS. OVER THE BACK EDGE. >> WELL BACK LIVE WITH PAUL
CASEY. AND THIS WILL BE AN EXCELLENT PAR TO MAINTAIN THAT TWO-STROKE LEAD. >> CERTAINLY WILL BE. AND I DON’T SEE HIM MISSING THIS THOSE TYPE OF PARS MAKE YOU FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF. >> YES, THEY DO. ALMOST BETTER THAN MAKING A
BIRDIE FOR YOUR PSYCHE. >> BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU HAD AN ELECTRIC START TO ROUND TWO. THAT WAS BIRDIE AT 6. SO HE — HE IS FOUR UNDER WAR. >> D.Y. WITH HIS SECOND SHOT OF THE SECOND. [ APPLAUSE ] >> SMASH GC INTRODUCED ITS
COMMUNITY INITIATIVE PROGRAM, SMASH FOR SUCCESS LAST YEAR. THE TEAM IS HOPING TO MAKE AN EVEN BIGGER IMPACT IN 2024. THIS WEEK THEY ANNOUNCED A JUNIOR GOLF SCHOLARSHIP AND THE MENTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD. THE $5,000 SCHOLARSHIP AT THE LIV GOLF HOUSTON TOURNAMENT
LATER THIS YEAR. IN RECOGNITION OF THOSE WHO DEDICATE THEIR LIVES IN SUPPORTING YOUNG PEOPLE, MENTOR OF THE YEAR $1,000 PRIZE AND A PLAQUE TO THE TEAM AT ITS HONORARY CHAMPIONSHIP. SMASH GC VISITED EVER VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL LAST WEEK. IT INCLUDED A CONVERSATION
BETWEEN THE TEAM AND STUDENTS AND FOLLOWED WITH A FEW ROUNDS OF CHIP HOLE. IT WAS THEN DONATED TO THE SCHOOL. THE VALLEY HIGH JUNIOR GOL OFFERS WERE HONORED AS V.I.P. GUESTS FOR THE FIRST DAY OF THE TOURNAMENT.
>> TALOR GOOCH OF SMASH TO GET IT TO TWO BACK. HE IS ON THE GREEN AT 5. >> BRENDAN STEELE WAS 3 OVER PAR OF A HIS FIRST ROUND. HIRING 11th OVERNIGHT. 13 NOW. LOUIS OOSTHUZEN STARTED 3 OVER AND WOULD HAVE ARRIVED AT THE
COWS WITH THE STINGER DUNCE’S HAT. HE IS LEVEL PAR. BIRDIES AT 15 AND 16 AND THAT FROM DISTANCE AT 17. >> THERE IS A CERTAIN SWAGGER OF PAUL CASEY. HE HAS THE WALK BACK. HE KNOWS HE IS PLAYING WELL. THE LEFT SIDE THOUGH.
>> FORE! HE DOESN’T NEED TO CONNECT WITH ANY OF THOSE OLIVE TREES. >> IT WILL BE RIGHT ON THE LINE. IT LOOKED LIKE WHERE IT CAME DOWN CLOSE TO THAT ROW OF HED HEDGES. >> MATTHEW WOLFF IS ON THE TEE AT 5. ON 3.
>> PLAYING 180 FOR TODAY, ARTICLO. HEIGHT OF THE BREEZE JUST HURTING. WHOLE LOCATION. TUCKED ALONGSIDE THE GREEN SIDE BUNKER ON THE RIGHT. SEEMED VERY RELAXED HERE. WAS HAVING A NICE LITTLE CHUCKLE WITH BUBBA WALKING UP TO IT THE TEE BOX.
GOOD TO SEE HIM SMILING. 7 IRON. >> GREAT JOB WITH THE SHORTS, SUE ANN. >> YEAH, NICE AND WARM OUT HERE ACTUALLY. >> YEAH, RIGHT. >> WARMER THAN IT WAS YESTERDAY ANYWAY. >> LONG PULL THERE. CALEB SURRATT, HIS FIRST SHOT AT
THE FIRST. >> CALEB HAS HIS GRANDDAD OUT THERE WATCHING HIM. CALLS HIM “POP.” AND POP WILL BE PLEASED WITH THAT ONE. >> THE TEE AT 5. A LITTLE AWKWARD SHOT FOR A LEFT-HANDER. RIGHT HOLE LOCATION. >> BUBBA, A LITTLE OUT OF SORTS
IN THE EARLY STAGES OF DAY TWO. THE 4ACES CAPTAIN J DUSTIN JOHN ON WITH BIRDIE AT 2. >> IS MONEY. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> D.J. IS MAKING HIS MOVE IN ROUND TWO IN LAS VEGAS. THREE BACK OF OUR LEADER PAUL CASEY. CASEY.
>> JASON KOKRAK ON THE TEE AT 5. >> LUCAS HERBERT, WHO HAS JOINED RIPPER GC, THE AUSSIES FOR 2024. HE PUNCHES THE AIR AFTER THAT BIRDIE. HE IS 3 UNDER. >> WHAT WOULD YOUR WALK-UP MUSIC BE, DAVID? >> STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN. “PRIDE AND JOY.” >> NICE.
>> CALEB SURRATT AT 1. THIS IS FOR BIRDIE. >> TAKE IT YOURS WILL BE COUNTRY THEME, JERRY. >> PAT GREEN “FEELS JUST LIKE IT SHOULD.” >> TO THE GREEN AT 9, JON RAHM FOR A THIRD BIRDIE FOR THE ROUND. >> YOUR TURN, ARLO.
>> OASIS “ROCK AND ROLL STAR.” MENT WOULD DESCRIBE ME BUT WILL KEEP ME PUMPED UP. >> NORTH STAR. VERY SUSPICIOUS IF YOU ARE NICE TO ME. >> THERE IS ALWAYS AN AGENDA. >> I DID TAKE A FEW CHEAP SHOTS AT YOU DURING THE PREROUND SHOW.
>> NOTES HAVE BEEN TAKEN. >> EASY TARGET. >> GRAEME McDOWELL IS HAVING A FINE WEEK SO FAR. SECOND SHOT AT 7. THOUGH HE IS 1 OVER FOR HIS ROUND TODAY AFTER A 66 ON DAY ONE. >> HOLDS AHEAD. GREENS AND YELLOWS.
NUMBER 9, DIFFICULT PAR 4. ♪ ♪ >>> LET’S GET CAUGHT UP WITH OUR LEADER, PAUL CASEY. HE HAD A BIT OF TROUBLE OFF THE TEE ON A PREVIOUS COUPLE OF HOLES. >> THEY HAVE THE STRENGTH OUT. WHAT THE RULE OFFICIALS WILL DO —
>> THEY HAVE THE STRING. >> JASON — IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS OUT TO ME. >> THE PRE LINE IS THE INSIDE EDGE OF THE WHITE STAKES AT GROUND LEVEL. THE ENTIRE BALL MUST BE OUT OF BOUNDS FOR THE BALL TO BE OUT OF BALLS.
>> HE IS TRYING TO GO BACK RIGHT NOW. >> HE WILL HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE TEE AND PLAY HIS THIRD. >> THIS IS BRYSON AT 7. GOOD START FOR THE CRUSHERS TODAY. THEY HAVE GOT IT AT 17 UNDER PAR.
ONE-STROKE LEAD OVER THE OVERNIGHT LEADERS, THE RANGE GOA GOATS. >> ANOTHER FINE SHOT FROM BRY BRYSON. >> HAROLD VARNER. >> WITH A 9 IRON. ACTUALLY HIS BALL STARTED OFF MORE LEFT THAN PAUL CASEY’S. BUT HE IS FINE.
HE NEEDS TO GO A LITTLE — >> THAT’S FINE. >> DID PAUL’S BALL CLATTER INTO ONE OF THOSE OLIVE TREES. >> DAVID. >> MATTHEW WOLFF, LONG RANGE ON THE FIFTH. ALL PAR s ARE PLAYING UNDERPAR YESTERDAY. SO WE HAVE TO FEEL IF YOU ARE
NOT ONE OF THE PAR 3s, YOU ARE BEH BEHIND. >> WELL-DONE. BROOKS KOEPKA, 2 UNDER PAR YESTERDAY SECOND SHOT AT 150. THE SMASH GC CAPTAIN. LOOKING FOR A PODIUM WIN OR BETTER. 14 UNDER AND BROOKS LOOKING TO MAKE HIS ROOM IN ROUND TWO.
>> HENRIK STENSON ON THE 8th. A LITTLE PAR 3. HENRIK. GETS IT TO 4 UNDER. >> 2 UNDER FOR HIS ROUND SO FAR. >> NOT A FUN SHOT TO KEEP HITTING. GROUP BEHIND IS PROBABLY APPROACHING THE TEE. YOU HAVE TO BE SHUTTLED BACK IF
THERE IS AN OFFICIAL OR WALK BACK IF YOU PLAY YOUR THIRD. >> THE GROUP AT 5. JASON KOKRAK FOR BIRDIE. >> THE SLOPE. JUST A LATE TURN LEFT. DIDN’T EVEN SIGNAL. >> TEED AT 2 WITH MATTHEW WOLFF AND BUBBA WATSON.
>> WELL, THOMAS IS GOING TO HIT A GREAT SHOT UNDERNEATH THE TREE TO GIVE HIMSELF A BIRDIE. THESE TWO ARE HILARIOUS. THEY ARE PLAYING SO QUICKLY THAT OUR CAMERAMAN IS HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING IN POSITION. >> THROW MATT JONES AS A FOURTH
AND THEY WILL STILL LAP SOME OF THE OTHER GROUPS. >> BUT IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN, HE IS PUTTING BEFORE HE GETS TO THE GREEN. >> CASEY JUST GOT TO THE BALL. AND HAROLD HAS PLAYED. . >> PETER UIHLEIN IN THE FURNITURE AT 6.
PLAY SOMETHING LOW THERE. WHAT A SHOT THIS IS 37. >> BUBBA FOR PAR AT 5. >> DIDN’T HIT A GREAT BUNKER SH SHOT. THAT WILL MAKE UP FOR IT. >> BACK TO THE FOURTH, AND PAUL CASEY’S 4th. >> JUST FOCUS ON THIS SHOT.
FORGET WHAT HAPPENED. >> CAME OUT SOFT OUT OF THE GRASS. HAD A LOT OF GRASS IN BETWEEN THE BALL. >> NUMBER 4 FOR PAUL CASEY. AT THE MOMENT HE HOLDS A TWO-STROKE LEAD OVER VARNER VARNER III. >> THERE IS PHIL.
THIRD SHOT OF THE PAR 5 15th. [ APPLAUSE ] >> VERY PHIL-LIKE. >> JOAQUIN NIEMANN FOR BIRDIE AT 1 10. >> 2 UNDER PAR FOR HIS ROUND. 4 UNDER OVERALL. PATRICK REED WAS THE ODD MAN OUT AFTER 72. REMAINS 2 OVER PAR.
BUT THAT WAS BIRDIE AT 12 THAT WILL IMPROVE HIS MOOD SOMEWHAT. CAMERON SMITH IS 4 UNDER FOR HIS COMPETITION SO FAR. THAT WAS FOR BIRDIE AT 1. WE HAD A QUICK CHAT FOR HIM OUTSIDE THE CLUB. HOUSE.HE WAS ALL SMILES.
HE WAS SURPRISED TO SEE US ON THE COURSE THE SAME TIME AS HIM. YOU THINK WE JUST THROW THIS THING ON AIR? >> WE TONIGHT? [LAUGHTER] . [APPLAUSE] SHOT THERE FROM D.J. >> BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU IS TIED FOR THE LEAD. ONCE PAUL CASEY IS DONE.
ANOTHER BIRDIE AT 7. HE OPENED THREE OF HIS OWNING FOUR HOLES TO GET TO 6 UNDER PAR. WHAT A START FOR BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU. HE IS REINING IN HIS TEAMMATE, PAUL CASEY. >> THIS IS FOR BOGEY. THIS IS TO MAINTAIN THE ONE-SHOT L LEAD.
>> RIGHT NOW AS A PLAYER, WITH THE OTHER GUYS — THE GROUP HAVE FINISHED OUT THE WEIGH. YOU FEEL A LIVE RUSHED. >> BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU HAS GOT IT TO 6 UNDER PAR. LEVELED WITH HAROLD VARNER III. OUR LEADER IS PAUL CASEY. THIS FOR BOGEY.
>> WHAT’S THAT, THREE-WAY TIE AT THE TOP NOW. >> ANDY OGLETREE, THIRD SHOT AT THE FIRST. ONE OF ONLY TWO PAR 5s ON THE GOLF COURSE. SHOULD BE ABLE TO KICK THAT ONE IN. >> EARNED HIS WAY INTO LIV GOLF LEAD BY THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES
LEADING THEIR MONEY LIST. >> THIS IS THE 8th TEE. WILD ON THE BIRDIE SHOT. >> HEY, LIV GOLF LEAGUE. CAN WE GET A HOLE IN ONE SAYS COLIN. GO 4ACES. THE ONLY TIME WE EVER GUARANTEED ONE WAS ADELAIDE. GUARANTEED ON ROUND ONE AND
CHASE KOEPKA ON ROUND THREE. WILL YOU GUARANTEE? >> GUARANTEE ONE TOMORROW. CAPACITY CROWD. IT WILL BE NUTS OUT THERE. >> NOT LONG TO WAIT. BRYSON MAY HAVE A GO HERE. >> VERY LITTLE LEAN. LITTLE RIGHT OF THE BALL. >> THAT’S WHERE YOU NEED IT.
RIGHT THERE. >> 1914 YARDS FOR THOMAS PIETERS. GOT HIS COACH MIKE WALKER HERE. GETTING ACROSS THE LINE AND HATE SEEING THAT. SEEMS TO BE STRAIGHTENED OUT. PRETTY GOOD-LOOKING SHOT. >> YES, IT IS. >> HENRIK STENSON, HIS SECOND SHOT OF THE 9th.
REALLY WANTS TO BE IN THE ROUGH COMING OFF THE 9th GREEN. UNLESS — UNLESS YOU WANT TO DO TH THAT. >> AT THE 5th, HAROLD VARNER. >> THREE SQUARES DON’T QUALIFY AS SKITTLES ANYMORE. THOSE ARE THE BOGEYS. ONE REALLY POOR SHOT.
>> THAT WAS 28 SECONDS FROM WHEN THOMAS’S BALL LANDED WHEN HAROLD’S BALL WENT IN THE AIR. THAT’S QUICK. >> JON RAHM IS ON THE 10th. THIS IS HIS SECOND SHOT. >>. HE WAS DISAPPOINTED IN MAYAKOBA WHEN HE BOGEYED HIS FINAL TWO HOLES.
17 AND 18 TO MISS THE POLICE OFFICER BUT HIS LEGION XIII WON THE TOURNAMENT. AND NOW AT THE 15th, PAUL CASEY COMING OFF OF DOUBLE BOGEY. >> GOOD-LOOKING SHOT. >> HERE IS GRAEME McDOWELL ON THE 8th TEE. TRYING TO FIND THAT BACK
PLATFORM RIGHT THERE. O OH! >> THE OASIS. THAT IS THE KEY. >> SO CLOSE FOR G-MAC. OVER TO THE THIRD GREEN. >> D.J. THIS ONE FOR BIRDIE. >> CAM SMITH FOR BIRDIE AT 2. CAM TEED AT 17. OPENING TWO HOLES.
HE BIRDIED THE FIRST. >> OH! ♪ ♪ >>> PATRICK REED. WE MENTIONED HIM A FEW MOMENTS AGO AS WE GOT IT OVER TO 2 OVER PAR. BIRDIE AT 14. BETTER START FOR PATRICK REED. LOOKING TO COUNT TODAY FOR THE 4ACES.
SAM HORSFIELD FOR THE MAJESTICKS NEED A RUN. NO PODIUM FINISH IN THEIR LAST 17 EVENT. DOWN TO 10th IN LAS VEGAS. THAT IS FOR BIRDIE AT 17 FOR SAM. SAM. >> THE FIFTH GREEN. WHILST WE WAIT, MATTHEW WOLFF. UNMISTAKABLE FIGURE. AT 6.
>> LITTLE MORE SPIN IN THAT WILL GET CLOSE. BACK TO 5. HAROLD VARNER III. THIS IS DOWN. >> THE GREENS AREN’T OVERLY QUICK. JERRY, YOU SAY 12. >> 12-0. I THINK THAT IS QUICK ON THE SUPERINTENDENT NIGHTMARE.
>> DOESN’T SEEM AS QUICK AS TH THAT. >> DeCHAMBEAU. THIS IS FOR BIRDIE AT 8 OVER FROM THE HILL. >> THE BOTTOM LEVEL. TYPICAL PUTT. WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE DONE BETTER THAN THAT THOUGH . >> STENSON, STARTED FABULOUSLY HERE.
BIRDIE AT 9. 3 UNDER. FIVE UNDER FOR THE TOURNAMENT. ONLY ONE BACK. PAUL CASEY AND BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU. PAUL CASEY WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECLAIM THE LEAD. >> HAD HIS CADDY CONFIRM THE LIE. BIRDIE CHANCE AT 150 /* 10 FOR JON RAHM.
SUE ANN, DASHED ACROSSES TO THIS GROUP. BRYSON HAS A PAR PUTT. >> I HAVE, YEAH, YESTERDAY HE TALKED ABOUT HOW HE LEFT SOME SHOTS OUT THERE. HE IS MAKING UP FOR IT TODAY. UP HILL RIGHT TO LEFT PUTT. >> WELL, THE WEEK OF THE BIG
GAME SEEMED TO BE THE PERFECT TIME FOR SUE ANN TO CATCH UP WITH LIV’S BIGGEST HITTER, OF COURSE. BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU. >> HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME TO HANG TIME. THIS WEEK WE ARE HERE AT THE VERY CHILLY LAS VEGAS COUNTRY CLUB.
AND FOR THIS WEEK EASY DIGS. CAPTAIN OFC GC, BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU. I CAN’T BE WALK WITH YOU AND NOT TALKING ABOUT YOUR 58. GOT TO TALK ABOUT THAT. >> BIRDIE ON 7. SIX UNDER THROUGH SEVEN. KEEP GOING. GENUINELY HIT 54 AND THEN I
BOGEYED IT. SHOT IT DOWN. 60. >> HOW DO YOU RATE THAT ACHIEVEMENT IN TERMS OF YOUR CAREER? >> I WOULD PROBABLY SAY NUMBER TWO OF THREE OF MY LIST. U.S. OPEN OPENING A MAJOR IS GIGANTIC. THE BEST GOLF I EVER PLAYED IN
MY LIFE. NUMBER ONE IN GOLFING ABILITY. FROM A SKILL SET PERSPECTIVE, 16-58 IS THE BEST PERFORMANCE I EVER HAD. BUT WITH REGARDS TO WHAT A MAJOR KIND OF MEANS. MAJOR — YOU CAN’T BEAT A MAJOR. >> BRYSON, 3 UNDER THROUGH HIS OPENING FIVE HOLES.
SIX UNDER PAR FOR THE TOURNAMENT GOOD FOR A THREE-WAY TIE FOR CASEY AND VARNER III. YOU CAN SEE THE ENTIRE CONVERSATION AND EVERY EPISODE OF “HANG TIME” FOR LIV GOLF OR THE LIV GOLF YOUTUBE PAGE. A LOT OF GOOD STUFF THERE. SCAN YOUR QR CODE.
SGLI >> BRYSON HERE ON THE 9th. TROVE THE BALL SO WELL YESTERDAY. 11 FAIRWAYS. AT THE DID SAY A 59 OUT HERE. MAYBE IT WILL BE HIM TODAY. >> LOOKS LIKE A 3 WOOD. SAND WENT ON ITS WAY. >> TO THE GREEN AT 6.
AND MATTHEW WOLFF TO TIE THE LE LEAD. [ APPLAUSE ] >> HAROLD VARNER TO THE TEE ON 5th. >> A LITTLE FADE IS IDEA. >> IT GOING TO SOFT LANDING. VERY LITTLE ROLL. >>. HE WAS UPSET WHEN HE WALKED UP
AND SAW THEM MEASURING WHETHER THE BALL IS THERE OR NOT. THE LOOK ON HIS FACE WITH THE BALL ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LINE. HE WAS NOT HAPPY AS EXPECTED. >> HE WILL BE HAPPY WITH THIS TEE SHOT. >> THREE WAY TIE
ON THE TOP OF THE PILEN. DUSTIN JOHNSON AND TALOR GOOCH HAVE STARTED BRILLIANTLY. >> HERE TALOR GOOCH FOR BIRDIE AT 7. YES. AND THE SHARE OF THE LEAD FOR TALOR GOOCH. >> CAN GOOCH WIN IN THE STATES?
>> ELSEWHERE THEN, IAN POULTER, ONE OF THE THREE CAPTAINS OF THE MAJESTICKS. SHOT AT 16. PAR 3. GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER. >> SAVING IT FOR TOMORROW. >> THEY GOT THE MEMO. LAURIE CANTER THE WILD CARD. BIRDIE AT 14. NICELY DONE BY LAURIE.
ALL OF HIS POINTS WILL COST TOWARD THE LIV GOLF THIS SEASON. NEED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EVERY OPPORTUNITY HE GETS. >>. >> ONPETER UIHLEIN TO JOIN THE PARTY. OH, YEAH. >> AND THEN THERE WERE 5. >> HOW ABOUT THIS LEADERBOARD.
A BUNCH OF GUYS AT 3 AND 4 UNDER. WOW, 6 UNDER LEADING. BRANDEN GRACE. >> BRANDEN GRACE IS ONE OF THEM. >> HE IS HAVING A DAY. >> 3 UNDER FOR HIS ROUND SO FAR. >> RICHARD BLAND FOR BIRDIE AT 15. ♪
PAR PUTT FOR ANIRBAN LAHIRI AT 7. CRUSHERS ARE IN SECOND PLACE. 16 UNDER PAR. THE RANGE GOATS HAS RETAKEN THE LEAD WITH A SINGLE SHOT ON. MATTHEW WOLFF IS ON THE TEE AT 7. WE HAVE A FIVE-WAY TIE FOR THE
LEAD ON 6 UNDER PAR. MATTHEW IS ONE BACK. >> GRAEME McDOWELL AT NUMBER 9. >> GRAEME WITH A DOWNHILL LIE. CAN’T SEE TODAY’S HOLE LOCATION. >> SOLID ONE GOOD, YEAH. >> YEAH. >> HARDEST HOLE ON THE COURSE, OUR GRAPHIC SHOWS ON THE PYLON,
SUE ANN. >> ONLY FOUR BIRDIES YESTERDAY. ORIGINALLY A PAR 5. THAT GREEN IS REALLY SHALLOW. MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT. >> A FUN PAR 5, BUT A TOUGH PAR 4. >> NOT A FUN PAR 4, THAT IS FOR SURE.
>> THAT GREEN IS DESIGNED TO TAKE A WEDGE OR A SAND WEDGE. LONG IRON. >> SOUNDED JUST A TOUCH SKINNY. >> GOOD SHOT. >>THE 8th TEE AND TALOR GOOCH ROUND OF 72 IN MAYAKOBA. LAST WEEK, IT WENT 5 UNDER THE REST OF THE WAY.
66 YESTERDAY. >> A DOWNSLOPE PERHAPS FOR TALOR GOOCH. >> NOW BRYSON. >> HUGE ADVANTAGE. HE IS ABOUT 25, 30 YARDS DOWN FROM GRAEME. COMING IN WITH A WEDGE OR MAYBE 9 IRON. THIS IS LOOKING GOOD. >> HE IS DIALED IN TODAY.
>> SIGNIFICANTLY EASIER TO JUDGE THAT INTIMIDATING SECOND SHOT BECAUSE THE LACK OF WIND TODAY. >> ON THE TEE AT 8. >> BEAUTIFUL SWING. >> LEE WESTWOOD FOR BIRDIE AT 1 14. >> MAJESTICKS AS CLIMBED TO 8th ON 9 UNDER PAR.
>> THE 11th HOLE AND JON RAHM WITH THE SECOND. >> TODAY’S POLL WHICH WILL BE UPDATED ON — CLUB 54, THE 5-4. LATER ON ON SUPER BOWL WEEK. WHICH WILL BE LIV GOLF’S BEST QUARTERBACK. SCAN THE QR CODE AND GET YOUR VOTES IN.
PHIL LEADING THE WAY. DEMONSTRATED IN ONE OF OUR FILMS YESTERDAY. A BULLET OF A RIGHT ARM ON HIM. BRYSON, STRIKES ME HE COULD THROW THE PIGSKIN. DUSTIN JOHNSON 22%. >> BRYSON WILL MAKE A HECK OF A TIGHT END. BROOKS A FULL BACK.
HE WOULD PLOW OVER PEOPLE. PHIL WILL BE A DAN MARINO-STYLE QUARTERBACK AND NOT GAIN ANY ON THE GROUND. HE WILL STAY IN THE POCKET AND A STAR ATHLETE AND SLING IT TO THIS GUY WHO CAN LEAP ABOVE ANY OF THEM TO TAKE DOWN A TD, D.J.
>> DUSTIN’S 25E7TEAMMATE PATRIC REED FOR BIRDIE AT 15. >> THAT IS MORE LIKE IT. PATRICK REED. SCORE DIDN’T COUNT YESTERDAY, BUT HELPED THE 4ACES FOR A TIE FOR SECOND PLACE. A STROKE BEHIND THE RANGE GOATS AFTER AN UNCHARACTERISTIC 12th
PLACE FINISH OF WEEK ONE IN MAYA MAYAKOBA. >> LITTLE WEDGE SHOT OUT OF DAVID PUIG. >> JOAQUIN NIEMANN, 12th TEE. >> GREAT SHOTS. >> THAT IS A TERRIFIC BUNKER SHOT FROM TALOR GOOCH. MANAGEDED TO LEAVE THAT SHORT OF THE HOLE.
>> UP TO THE GREEN AT 9. PAT PEREZ FOR BIRDIE. 3 UNDER FOR THE ROUND AFTER AN EXCELLENT DAY YESTERDAY. >> BROOKS OFF THE 12th TEE. >> RAM FOR BIRDIE. AT 11. >> RIGHT? >> RIGHT. >> PLAYOFF? >> GRAEME McDOWELL, GREAT IRON
SHOT INTO THIS GREEN. TALKED ABOUT HOW DIFFICULT THIS IS TO FIND THE PUTTING SERVICE. A BIG BREAKING LEFT TO RIGHT PU PUTT. >> MOMENTS AGO, BUBBA WATSON, SECOND SHOT AT 7. 2 OVER FOR HIS ROUND SO FAR. >> AND A CHANCE TO CLAW ONE
BACK. OVER AT THE THIRD, YOUNG CALEB SURRATT TO SAVE PAR. >> GOOD PAR. >> BRYSON HAS THIS. TO TAKE THE OUTRIGHT LEAD. >> RIGHT TO LEFT PUTT. >> BRYSON TEED AT 4. HE PLAYED SIX HOLES. BIRDIED FOUR OF THEM. AND HE S O
LEADER. CO-LEADER ON 7 UNDER. AND HE IS THE CO-LEADER BECAUSE OF THIS. PETER UIHLEIN AT 8. SCORE DIDN’T COUNT YESTERDAY FOR THE RANGE GOATS. 4 UNDER PAR, 66. HE WAS THE ODD MAN OUT AND STARTED VERY WELL HERE AND RANGE
GOATS GOING WELL IN THE LEAD BY 1. >> BIG BERNARD FOR CASEY AT 6. LOW THE WHOLE WAY. >> ELSEWHERE IN THE NEVADA SUNSHINE. DEAN BURMESTER FOR BIRDIE AT 17 AS THE STINGER LOOK TO CLIMB THE PYLON. 13th OVERNIGHT. 7th 11 UNDER PAR.
SEBASTIAN MUNOZ IS UNDER PAR FOR THE COMPETITION. BIRDIE FOR TWO FOR TORQUE WHO ARE IN FIFTH PLACE ON 12 UNDER. >> TYRRELL HATTON, PAR 3 5th. >> BEAUTIFUL SHOT. >> BEFORE TYRRELL WAS D.J. >> LITTLE WINDY ROAD THAT IS JOE W. BROWN DRIVE RIGHT BEHIND
THE WEST GATE BETWEEN US AND THE HOTEL. >> YOU HIT IT RIGHT HERE, YOU GET RUN OVER BY A BUS. >> WE ACTUALLY TRIED TO WHEN I WAS A KID BANK THE DRIVER OFF THE ROAD DOWN BY THE GREEN. RARELY WORKED OUT.
>> BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU IS A MAN IN FORM HERE IN LAS VEGAS IN ROUND TWO. ON FRIDAY, HE BIRDIED FOUR OF HIS OPENING SIX HOLES AND SHARED THE LEAD WITH PETER UIHLEIN ON 7 UND UNDER. >> JUST A LITTLE WIND OFF THE RIGHT.
283 FOR THAT LIGHT FAIRWAY BUNKER. THAT IS HIS LINE. WORKS THE BALL RIGHT TO LEFT. THAT WAS SMOKED. >> 7 BALL SPEED. 302 CARRY. ♪ >>> BROOKS KOEPKA IS STAYING IN TOUCH. THIS FOR BIRDIE AT 12. SMASH A TIE FOR THIRD PLACE
SEEKING A PODIUM FINISH IF NOT BET BETTER. >> 10th TEE AND GRAEME McDOWELL. >> WILL TAKE A VERY DIFFERENT LINE FROM BRYSON. 284 TO THAT LEFT SIDE FAIRWAY BUNKER. TELL YOU WHAT. HE IS LOOKING GOOD. VERY CONFIDENT. PROBABLY LOVING SMASH WITH
BROOKS AS HIS CAPTAIN. >> THAT IS THE TEE AT 8. THE LIV GOLF LEAD CONTINUES TO IMPROVE ON AN ON-SITE FAN EXPERIENCE. TO SEE IT YOURSELF IN 2024, SCAN THAT QR CODE NOW FOR FUTURE EVENTS. BRINGING THE LEAD FOR HONG KONG.
AND WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU THERE. IN APRIL, LIV GOLF WILL BE BACK IN MIAMI AND LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT WEEK IN SOUTH FLORIDA. GET YOUR TICKETS AND ENJOY THE GU GULF. ♪ ♪ >>> BEAUTIFUL SHOT ON 8.
>> WE HAVE GOT SIX BIRDIES ON THE ROUND TODAY. ALL FOR PRETTY GOOD SHOTS. ONE FROM THE BACK FRINGE. ONE BOGEY. NEW RECRUIT IS MATTHEW WOLFF TO THE RANGE GOATS. TIED FOR THE LEAD NOW WITH THE CRUSHERS. THE MAN THAT PRODUCED THE FIRST
ACE OF LIV GOLF HISTORIES IN BOSTON 2021. >>THE HOWLS OF THE WOLFPACK IN BOSTON BOSTON. THEY WERE FANTASTIC. >> SPINS THE WRONG WAY. >> SPINS THE WRONG WAY ON HIM, YEAH. >> CHARLES HOWELL III FOR BIRDIE AT 18. GETS THE CRUSHERS IN FOR THE
RANGE GOATS AT THIRD PLACE. BACK TO THE 8th AND THE FINAL MAN TO PLAY IS JASON KOKRAK. ♪ >>> KOKRAK. LIV GOLF PLUS APP IS FILLED WITH GREAT CONTENT. INCLUDING A FANTASTIC SERIES OF LESSONS FROM THE GREATEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD.
>> 13 HI, I AM IAN POULTER. >> I AM BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU. CAPTAIN OF THE CRUSHERS GC. >> I AM CAM SMITH. WELCOME TO MY LIV LESSON. >> EVERYBODY, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN ACCUMULATING POWER AND DISTANCE IS — YOU GOT TO BE A LITTLE PSYCHO.
>> I MEAN, BRYSON HAS A STRONG SWING. >> YOU HAVE TO SWING AS HARD AS YOU CAN AND DON’T GIVE IT THE ENERGY LIKE YOU SWING IT FAST. YOU NEED TO BE APPLYING A LOT OF FORCE TO THE GOLF CLUB. >> DUSTIN PRACTICING SKILLS OF
BUNKER PLAY IN GENERAL. HE IS VERY MUCH EXPERIMENTAL. >> PULGZ POULTER F– IAN POULTE FOR THE MAJESTICKS. >> I LIKE TO SEE PEOPLE PLAY BUNKER SHOTS BECAUSE I AM ALWAYS LEARNING. >> AN AWKWARD SHOT. WHAT A GOOD SHOT THAT IS.
>> I WANT MY WEIGHT TO GO THROUGH THE BALLS OF MY FEET AND THE ARMS HINGING DOWN ATTACHING TO THE GRIP. >> POSSIBLY THE BEST PUTTER ALIVE. >> SIT IN THE HOLE EVERY TIME. I HAVEN’T MISSED ONE YET. >> RUNNING AN ABSOLUTE CLINIC.
>> WELL, IN ADDITION TO LIV LESSONS, ENJOY LIV GOLF TOURNAMENT ACTION. AND WHAT THE FAHERTY, W.T.F. WE CALL IT. DOWNLOAD THE ANCER BY SCANNING THAT QR CODE. >> 171 YARDS AT 10 FOR GRAEME McDOWELL. >> LOCATION RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE
OF THAT GREEN TO THE LEFT. IDEALLY WANT TO STAY SHORT AND RIGHT. HAS THE GREATEST PART OF THIS GRE GREEN. >> HE IS DIALED IN. MAN FROM ROYAL PORT RUSH. >> JON RAHM ON THE TEE AT 12. >> A LITTLE BIT.
>> D.J. AT 5. 18 FEET ROUGHLY FOR BIRDIE. >> TALOR GOOCH WITH HIS SECOND SHOT INTO THE 9th. >> BRYSON SECOND AT 9 WITH A GAP WO WOOD. >> HERE IS BRYSON. GOT WEDGE, FROM WHAT I AM TOLD.
>> ANYBODY ELSE 7 AND 8 IRON IN HERE. YOU GET HERE WITH — LOOK AT THAT. [ APPLAUSE ] RAHM FOR BIRDIE AT 12. >> RAHM IS HANGING IN THERE AT 4 UNDER PAR AND HAVEN’T MADE MUCH AT ALL IN TWO DAYS.
JINICHIRO KOZUMA FOR THE IRON HEADS HAD THIS AT 11 FOR BIRDIE. HE IS A PRODUCT OF LIV GOLF PROMOTIONS IN ABU DUBAI. AND SCOTT VINCENT FOR THE IRON HEADS AT 13. HIS SECOND SHOT. AND NEARLY JAR IT IS. >> JASON KOKRAK ON THE 8th HOLE
FOR TWO. NI NICE. >> THOMAS PIETERS, SECOND SHOT AT 7. >> JOAQUIN NIEMANN. 13 WITH HIS SECOND SHOT. >> KOZUMA FOR BIRDIE AT 12. >> TO THE GREEN AT 10. SUE ANN, YOU ARE WATCHING GRAEME McDOWELL BRYSON OUTDREW GRAEME BY 50 YARDS.
HE HAD A WONDERFUL SECOND SHOT. USING THE SAME MODEL PUTTER FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. HAS A ROTATION GOING ON. HE HAS ABOUT FIVE OR SIX OF THEM GOING ON. AND HE RESTATES THEM. JUST SO THE FACE DOESN’T GET CONCAVED. OLD SCHOOL ODYSSEY PUTTER.
THIS ONE SHOULD MOVE TO HIS LE LEFT. [ APPLAUSE ] AT THREE WITH THE TOUGHEST HOLE IN THE GOLF COURSE. >> WE HAVEN’T REACHED THE HALFWAY STAGE YET BUT THE PYLON, THREE SHOTS SEPARATE THE TOP 19 PLAYERS. HERE IS ONE OF THEM, TALOR GOO
GOOCH. >> OUT AT 10, PAT PEREZ FOR BIRDIE. NOT HAVING A GREAT DAY. THAT WILL HELP. >> PETER UIHLEIN ON THE GREEN AT 9. THIS FOR THE OUTRIGHT LEAD ON 8 UNDER PAR. PAUL CASEY WITH A CHANCE TO GET THINGS BACK ON TRACK.
THIS FOR BIRDIE AT 7. >> BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU NOW FOR THE OUTRIGHT LEAD. GOT A GOOD READ FROM PAT PEREZ’S PUTT. NOT MUCH MOVEMENT. FAIRLY FLAT. HIT SO MANY GREAT PUTTS YEST YESTERDAY. THAT DIDN’T GO IN. >> WELL, WE HAVE DONE OUR BEST
TO MAKE JERRY AS COMFORTABLE AS POSSIBLE IN THE BOOTH. WHY NOT. HE IS A DELICATE SOUL. WHEN HE HAS SOMETHING ON HIS MIND, IT IS BEST THAT HE IS CONTENT. [LAUGHTER] YES, INDEED, ARLO, ANOTHER ROUND THIS WEEK FEATURES CALEB SURRATT.
HE IS OBVIOUSLY MAKING HEADLINES BEING HANDPICKED BY JON RAHM FOR LEGION XIII. TALENTED YOUNG MAN AND PROFESSIONAL GOLF AND PURSUITS. HE HAS TO PROVE HIS WAY. HE ALREADY DONE IT BY BEATING HIS CAPTAIN JON RAHM THE LAST TWO ROUNDS. OFF TO A GOOD START.
BUT THE ONE THING HE HAS GOING FOR HIM IS THAT TIGER MENTALITY. EARLY IN THE DAY WHEN DAVID AND I WERE ATTEMPTING TO PLAY PROFESSIONAL GOLF. YOU HAD TO CUT YOUR TEETH. PAY YOUR DUES. CONVENTIONAL WISDOM AND TIGER CAME OUT AND PROVED THAT YOU
COULD BE GREAT AT A VERY YOUNG AGE AND HE STATED THAT AND APOLOGIZED FOR THE COCKINESS OF HOW IT SOUNDS. HE DOESN’T YET SHOW HOW GOOD IT IS GOING TO BE AND HE WANTS TO LEARN HOW TO WIN. HEAVY STUFF FOR A GUY PLAYING AT
THIS LEVEL OF COMPETITION TO BEAT THESE GUYS ON A WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT BASIS. INTENSIVE IN THIS COMPETITION WHICH IS SO HIGHER IN THE COMPETITION HE FACED IN COLLEGE. TALKED TO HIS COLLEGE COACH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE. SIX PT RANKED UNIVERSITY OF
TENNESSEE AND LOST A SUPERSTAR IN THIS YOUNG MAN. THE COACH ENCOURAGED HIM TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY. HE SAID THAT IS WHY YOU GO TO COLLEGE TO GET A GOOD JOB OFFER. HOW HE HAS TO MAKE THE MOST OF IT. HE DOESN’T YET KNOW WHAT HIS
CEILING IS. SO MANY PLAYERS AS THEY GET SEASONED AS PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS KNOW THE BEST GOLF THEY CAN PLAY AND HOW IT STACKS UP TO OTHER GUYS. HE DOESN’T YET KNOW THAT. HE KNOWS HE NEEDS TO LEARN. HE KNOWS HE NEEDS TO GET BETTER.
BUS HIS COACH GAVE HIM THE GREATEST ADVICE TO THE GOLFER. CALEB SURRATT IS GOOD ENOUGH TO GET THERE. CALEB SURRATT IS GOOD ENOUGH TO WIN THERE. >> HE CERTAINLY LOOKS THE PART, JERRY. >> YEAH. >> DOESN’T LIKE THE FACT WANTED
TO NAME HIM THE BABY FACE ASSASSIN. WE ARE IN THE HOME — WE ARE — WHERE THE RAT PACK WAS MADE FAMOUS. >> I AM NOT SURE IF HE SHAVES YET. [LAUGHTER] >> WELL, OUR VENUE IS THE LAS VEGAS COUNTRY CLUB AND LOOKS AN
ABSOLUTE PICTURE. DAVID, THE 11th HOLE. >> STRAIGHT AWAY BETWEEN THE BUNKERS. A LITTLE KIDNEY-SHAPED GREEN RAISED UP AND THEY LET THE GREEN GROW ALONG IT. >> SUE ANN IS FOLLOWING HIM. YOU PLAY PROFESSIONAL GOLF AS WELL. CALEB IS NOT THE FIRST AMATEUR
WANTING TO DO IT. JMES PIOT TRYING TO EARN HIS WAY BACK AND EUGENIO CHACARRA WITH DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SUCCESS. >> DEFINITELY IS GREAT TO SEE CALEB COME OUT ESPECIALLY THE WAY HE PERFORMED LAST WEEK AND THE WAY HE FINISHED LAST WEEK WAS SO IMPRESSIVE.
SHOWS HIS GRIT. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IN SOME WAYS, IT IS AN ADVANTAGE FOR HIM TO COME ON TO A LEAGUE THAT IS A TEAM-BASED LEAGUE. BECAUSE FRESH OUT OF COLLEGE. FAMILIAR WITH PLAYING ON THAT TYPE OF FORMAT AND BEING A PART OF A TEAM.
AN IMPRESSIVE YOUNG MAN FOR SURE. AND HE HAS A GOOD HEAD ON HIS SHOULDERS. EVERY TIME YOU TALK TO HIM A STRAIGHT LINE YOUNG MAN AND HE IS VERY IMPRESSIVE. >>. HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY SAID HE WAS
LOOKING OVER AT CALEB AS HE WAS CHECKING IN IN LAS VEGAS AND CALEB LOOKED BACK NERVOUS. I WALKED OVER. AND THE LADY BEHIND THE CHECKOUT SAID HE NEEDED TO HAVE SOMEONE TO BE 21 TO ALLOW THEM TO STAY IN HIS ROOM.
HE HAD TO HAND OVER HIS DRIVER’S LICENSE SO CALEB HAD A BED FOR THE NIGHT. >> HE PRETENDED TO BE HIS DAD, OR HIS MOM. YOU NEVER KNOW THESE DAYS. >> THOUGHT JON RAHM WAS 40. >> WHAT A TEAM TO JOIN TOO.
HOW MUCH LEARN FROM JON RAHM AND TYRRELL HATTON. CERTAINLY LEARN HOW TO SWEAR. HE CERTAINLY WILL LEARN HOW TO PLAY SOME GOOD GOLF TOO. >> ALSO, WHAT EVERYBODY SAYS OUT HERE, THERE IS A FRATERNITY ATMOSPHERE. OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE TEAMS — A LOT OF INTENSE COMPETITION
AMONGST THEM. AND THEY ALL WANT TO STRIVE TO MAKE THESE OFFERINGSES AS STRONG AS THEY CAN BE — ORGANIZATIONS AS STRONG AS THEY CAN BE. THEY SPEND AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF TIME TOGETHER AND THIS CAN ONLY HELP YOUNG SURRATT. >> JASON KOKRAK WASN’T OVERLY
PLEASED WITH THAT. >> OVER AT 9. >> ABOUT 50 YARDS RIGHT WITH HIS FEET. HE IS JUST AS LIABLE TO HAVE A LITTLE HOOK IN THERE. >> HIGH BALL. >> SOMEBODY YODELLING BACK THERE? I AM NOT SURE WHAT THEY ARE UP T TO.
>> WELL, TWO MEN CLEAR OF THE TOP OF THE PYLON, B SON De AMBEAU AND PETER UIHLEIN. BOTH 7 UNDER PAR. >> NICE ATMOSPHERE AROUND THIS PARTY HOLE, BUT THESE GUYS HAVE GOT TO GET A MOVE ON. NOT PLAYING PARTICULARLY GREAT
GOLF AT THE MOMENT. HEY, JERRY, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF HAROLD VARNER’S FULLBACK OR RUNNING BACK. HE HAS THAT KIND OF BUILD. >> I PUT HIM AS THE RUNNING BACK WITH — WITH D.J. KOEPKA AT THE FULL BACK AND THERE WILL BE SOME YARDS GAINED
AND SOME PUNISHMENT DELIVERED. >> EXTENSION OFF THE 12th TEE. >> FACING THE HOLE. STRIKES THE BALL. LIKE NO OTHER. HERE IS BRYSON. >> JUST A TOUCH OF WIND FROM THE RIGHT. HOLE LOCATION IS TOUGH ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS GREEN BEHIND
THIS BUNKER. >> KOZUMA, SECOND SHOT AT 13th. >> LOVELY LITTLE SPIN BE FROM JINICHIRO. >> DAVID PUIG, HIS SECOND SHOT OF THE PAR 3 5th. SWITCH. TORQUE FOR THE FIREBALLS THIS SEASON. AND HE IS DELIVERING FOR SERGIO’S TEAM HERE IN LAS VEGAS.
>> PAUL CASEY FOR A SHARE OF THE LEAD ON 8. THAT’S BETTER. YEAH. >> MIGHT SETTLE HIM DOWN A LIT LITTLE. >> ALSO THE CRUSHERS. MOMENTARILY, THREE-STROKE CUSHION OVER THE RANGE GOATS THAT IS NOW TWO. AND CRUSHERS HAVE A 3-STROKE CUSHION.
>> IT IS VEGAS. WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS STAYS IN VEGAS. >> LOVELY SWING FROM TALOR GOOCH. >> JON RAHM, BIRDIE OPPORTUNITY AT 13. IT LOOKS GOOD. IT IS GOOD. AND HE IS 5 UNDER. SCORE COUNTING FOR LEAGUES 13 AND 13 UNDER.
FOUR BACK OF THE PODIUM. >> YOUNG SURRATT FOR BIRDIE AT 5. SOUNDS LIKE A “STAR WARS” CHARA CHARACTER. >> A LITTLE MISREAD THERE FROM THE YOUNGSTER. >> D.J. FOR BIRDIE AT 6. >> I LOVE THE FACT THAT CALEB ACTUALLY SPENT TIME FOR THE
FIRST PROFESSIONAL EVENT. JOHN SHOWED HIM A FEW SHOTS AROUND THE GREENS WITH WEDGES ACCORDING CALEB’S COACH. THAT WAS THE ONLY REAL KIND OF SPOT THAT WASN’T AT A UNIQUE LEVEL YET. >> CRUCIAL TO FIND THE FAIRWAY WITH THIS GREEN.
AND THAT IS WAY RIGHT. >> OOH, FAR RIGHT. >> NOT A LOT OF ROOM OVER THERE BETWEEN THE EDGE OF THE FAIRWAY AND JOE W. BROWN DRIVE. >> PAT PEREZ IS ON THE GREEN — OR BY THE GREEN AT 11.
NOT COUNTING TODAY PAT PEREZ 3 OVER FOR HIS ROUND AT 4ACES WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE OF THE POD PODIUM. >> AT 89, MATTHEW WOLFF FOR AT 9, MATTHEW WOL JUST RUDE, DAVID. >> JASON KOKRAK WITH A HUGE LEFT-TO-RIGHT SWINGER HERE. >> DID HE?
HE NEARLY DID. >> ONE OF THOSE TYPE OF SLOPES THERE. THE HIGHER YOU HIT IT — >> THE MORE IT IS GOING TO BREAK. >> HERE IS BRYSON AT 11 FOR THE OUTRIDE LEAD. HE TEED AT 4. >> WALKING OFF THE GREEN WITH
BRYSON. A LITTLE FRUSTRATED. COMPLETELY MISREAD THE ONE ON 10th. MISSED A SEVEN-FOOTER EARLIER ON IN THIS ROUND AND HE IS STILL 4 UNDER PAR. HE DID SAY TO ME, THESE GREENS ARE SO TRICKY TO READ. HE THINKS THAT IS WHY THE SCORE
ISN’T AS LOW AS EVERYONE THOUGHT. WHICH IS NOT EASY TO PICK THE LINE. IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS GOING ONE WAY AND BREAKING THE OTHER WAY. >> BRYSON SERVING NOTICE TO THE FIELD HERE IN LAS VEGAS. HE BIRDIED 5 OF HIS OPENING
EIGHT HOLES. AND HE LEADS BY ONE. LIV GOLF BRINGS THE FANS CLOSER TO THE GAME THANKS TO THE GREATEST ACCESS TO PLAYERS IN PROFESSIONAL GOLF. OUR OWN LIV STUDIO IS GETTING MIC’ED UP. BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU WON ON ALL-ROUND YESTERDAY AND WE WILL
HAVE IT ALL WEEKEND. HERE IS A PEEK AT HIS DAY ONE. >> BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU, BROOKS KOEPKA AND JON RAHM WILL TEE OFF TODAY OFF THE SECOND HOLE. >> HOW ARE YOU DOING, BRO? >> THAT IS GOING TO BE A FASCINATING VIEW.
>> SO HARD TO SWING IN THE COLD, BRO. DOWNWIND, SIX, SEVEN. I GOT — 12 FEET. THIS THING 10 FEET. KIND OF FLATTENS OUT AND GOES IN WAY. >> FIRST HALF, RIGHT TO LEFT. >> THE STRAY IS RIGHT HERE. >> DIALS IN THE DISTANCE NICELY.
>> CRUSHED THAT BRO. >> WELL-DONE FROM BRYSON. >> JUST A LITTLE SPEEDY. >> CHANCE TO SIT — GOLLY. >> 5 OR 6 UNDER THE FIRST ROUND, BRO. I GUESS A GOLF COURSE TAILOR MADE FOR ME. >> BRYSON IS SUCH A GREAT CHARACTER.
>> BIRDIES. GET IN THE FIGHT. >> SO MUCH GOING THROUGH HIS MI MIND. >> BRYSON KICK STARTS HIS OPENING ROUNDS IN LAS VEGAS. BIRDIE AT 17. HE IS 2 UNDER PAR. >> YES. HE HAS BEEN DRIVING ALL DAY. BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU.
>> THANKS, BROTHER. >> APPRECIATE IT, BROTHER. THANKS, GOOD PLAY. >> JUST GREAT ACCESS AND INSIGHT INTO THE ROUND PUT TOGETHER BY BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU. HE IS WEARING THAT MIC ALL WEEKEND. REALLY GREAT STUFF COMING OUT OF THE BIG MAN. HERE IS TALOR GOOCH FOR BIRDIE
AT 10 TO GET WITHIN 1 OF BRYSON AT THE TOP OF THE PYLON. >> JUST A COMMON THEME. SO MANY OF THESE INCREDIBLE PLAYERS MISSING PUTTS OF THIS EXACT SAME LENGTH THAT UIHLEIN HERE. DON’T SEE THAT PERCENTAGE MISSED. THAT ONE, HOWEVER, WAS NEVER
GOING TO MISS. >> THAT WAS TO KEEP THOMAS PIETERS ONE BACK OF BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU. LAURIE CANTER ONE OF TWO WILD CARDS IN THE FIELD WITH HUDSON SWOFFORD. 4 UNDER OVERALL. 3 UNDER. SECOND INTO 18. IT IS AS BEAUTY.
OUR LEADER BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU HAS REACHED THE TEE AT 12. >> HERE IS A LOOK AT OUR SCORING GRAPHIC. OTHERWISE KNOWN AS SKITTLES, SIX BIRDIES, TWO BOGEYS, AVERAGING UNDER PAR. GOOD SHOTS AROUND THAT HOLE. LITTLE BIT OF A VALLEY, DAVID. >> 69. SLIGHTLY EASIER HOLE LOCATION
THAN IT WAS YESTERDAY. THE BOWL IN THE FRONT OF THE GREEN. >> THAT’S RIGHT. THAT IS WHAT I AM SAYING. >> JUST A LITTLE WIND FROM THEIR RIGHT. NOT MUCH AT ALTHOUGH. PERFECT SCORING CONDITIONS TODAY. CAN CERTAINLY USE THAT BACKSTOP.
JUST BEHIND THAT PIN. >> NOT A GREAT SHOT. SHORTSIGHTED HIMSELF. JUST A MOMENT AGO, HAROLD VARNER AT THE 9th, OVER THE WATER. HOPEFULLY OVER THE WATER. YEAH. AVOIDING A FLOCK OR GOOSE OR MORE HEN. >> WHAT’S A MORE HAND.
>> KIND OF LIKE A COOT. >> BUT CUTER? >> YEAH. >> BEAUTY THERE FROM PEREZ. >> PETER UIHLEIN ON THE TEE AT 11. >> WOW, THAT WAS RIGHT ON THE NECK AND LOW ON THE SOUL. OH — NOT SURE ABOUT THAT ONE.
>> THAT BARRIER. THAT DOESN’T HAVE STAKES INSIDE OF IT. ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE WALL. NEEDS TO BE INBOUNDS WITH THE SWING. >> GRAEME McDOWELL. >> PLAYING WITH BRYSON AND PAT PEREZ. WS 83. WE DO TOO.
GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE. GRAEME PLAYS WELL. KIND OF PROVES THAT AXIOM TRUE. >> OOPS. >> BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU IS PLAYING THE HOT HAND IN THE SECOND ROUND OF LIV GOLF LAS VEGAS. HE IS 5 UNDER TODAY. 8 UNDER OVERALL AND LEADS BY 1.
>> OVER AT THE 6th, DAVID PUIG. POOCH, THE BOYS CALL HIM. BEAUTIFUL SHOT. IT RIGHT IN THE SLOPE. KILL IT IS. >> SECOND OF 7 HERE FOR DUSTIN JOHN JOHNSON. >> SEEKING A THIRD BIRDIE OF THE DAY AFTER TEEKING OFF AT 18, D.J.
>> BACK TO THE BEAUTIFUL 9th. THE CAMERAMAN SAID HE THINKS THOMAS PIETERS IS THE FASTEST PLAYER HE HAS EVER SEEN. THAT IS SAYING SOMETHING WHEN YOU HAVE MATT JONES IN THE FIELD. >> YEAH. >> AND PAT PEREZ AND VARNER, FOR THAT MATTER.
DIDN’T LIKE HIS SECOND SHOT. LEAK IT OUT RIGHT. STILL A CHANCE. >> A GOOD LOOK AT THIS. INCREDIBLE SWING, MATTHEW WOLFF, GET THIS ACROSS THE LINE AT THE TOP AND LAY IT DOWN IN THE DOWN SWING. JUST IN A PERFECT POSITION OF IMPACT.
IMPACT. >> COME ON. WHY DON’T YOU. >> BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU AT 12. >> HE HAS A GOOD LIE, BUT THIS BALL IS GOING TO HAVE TO GO STRAIGHT UP IN THE AIR AND LAND AS SOFTLY AS POSSIBLE OPINION. >> SHORTSIGHTED HIMSELF THERE.
STILL THAT WASN’T — WASN’T HIS BEST EFFORT. >> BACK AT 11. LAST YEAR’S INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION TALOR GOOCH. PETE /* PETER UIHLEIN IS OVER NEAR THE BOUNDARY. OH, YEAH. R UIHLEIN IS OVER NEA BOUNDARY. OH, YEAH. PRETTY MUCH OUT OF SOMEBODY’S YA
YARD. >> LAND ON GROUND, NOT ON SAND. CHECK BACK IN ON THAT. >> WELL, GRAEME McDOWELL HAS — OH, WOW, THIS IS HIS THIRD SHOT. >> YEAH, HE WAS IN THE RIGHT SIDE BUNKER. HIT A DOWNTOWN LIE AND GOT TOO MUCH SAND.
>> PROBABLY TRYING TO BUMP IT INTO THAT FRINGE THERE WHO WAS ON THE DOWNSLOPE. >> TIDDLER THERE FOR BOGEY. >> APPROACHING THE HALFWAY. 7 UNDER COLLECTIVELY TODAY AS THEY CLIMB THE PYLON. BIRDIE AT 14. MARTIN KAYMER, CAPTAIN OF THE
CLEEKS THAT FINISHED AT THE POINTS IN MEXICO AND ROUNDING INTO FORM AS WELL. THAT WAS FOR BIRDIE AT 2. >> BRYSON WITH PAR PUTT ON THE 12th TO AVOID DROPPING A SHOT. THIS WAS THE TOUGHEST PAR 3 YEST YESTERDAY. >> WORK TO DO.
ELSEWHERE AT 11. ANIRBAN LAHIRI NOT COUNTING FOR THE MOMENTS CRUSHERS TIED FOR THE LEAD WITH THE RANGE GOATS 19 UNDER PAR. SECOND SHOT FOR ANIRBAN LAHIRI. >> NICE DRAIN BY LUCAS HERBERT. >> ADRIAN MERONK OF THE CLEEKS. BIRDIE AT 7 TO TAKE HIS
TOURNAMENT SCORE TO 4 UNDER PAR. JON RAHM IS 5 UNDER. A FEW MINUTES AGO FOR BIRDIE AT 14. BRANDEN GRACE IS HAVING A TERRIFIC DAY AFTER A DISAPPOINTING OPENING ROUND FOR THE STINGER GC FOR BIRDIE AT 17. A FEW MOMENTS AGO.
HE WAS 4 UNDER FOR HIS ROUND YESTERDAY. 5 UNDER FOR THE COMPETITION. TALOR GOOCH FOR BIRDIE AT THE 11th. NOW BACK TO BRYSON TO JUST DROP ONE. TEED AT 4. HE BIRDIED FIVE OF HIS OPENING EIGHT HOLES TO STORMING INTO THE LEAD.
AND HE KEEPS IT AT 7 UNDER PAR TO LIMIT THE DAMAGE. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> WELL, A BIG WEEK OF SPORT HEAR IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. A LOVELY DAY AT THE LAS VEGAS COUNTRY CLUB HERE. THE HALFWAY STAGE OF LIV GOLF LAS VEGAS.
OUR SECOND EVENT OF 2024. YOUR ANNOUNCE TEAM, MYSELF, ARLO WHITE, DAVID FULTZ, DAVID FARHERTY AND SUE ANN LANG ON THE COURSE. LITTLE CHILLY BUT FEELS LIKE 48 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. HELLO, EVERYBODY, WHEREVER YOU ARE WATCHING AROUND THE WORLD FROM ARLO WHITES AND THE LIV
GOLF BROADCAST BOOTH. BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU, BACK TO 7 UNDER PAR WHICH MEANS THAT THE THE TOP 1 PLAYERS THAT SEPARATED BY THREE SHOTS. IT IS EXTRAORDINARY STUFF HERE IN NEVADA. LET’S HEAD OUT TO OUR ON-COURSE ANALYST SUE ANN AND DOM.
IN A FEW MOMENTS TIME — IS IT JERRY — JERRY AND DAVID FIRST? >> WHY NOT, DAVID. ABSOLUTELY. 31 PLAYERS WITHIN — THREE OF THE LEAD. DAVID, WHY? >> THIS GOLF COURSE IS HOLDING ITS OWN AGAINST ALL THE ODDS, IT SEEMS.
THE GHOST OF DEAN MARTIN IS DRINKING A TRANSLUCENT MARTINI. AND PAUL CASEY. 7 UNDER, IF YOU TOLD ME IT WOULD BE A LEAD, I WOULD SAY YOUR WHEEL IS SPINNING AND YOUR HAMSTER HAS LEFT. >> SUE ANN, YOUR PERSPECTIVE FOLLOWING SOME OF THE GUY WHO
PLAYED WELL YESTERDAY AND STALLED OUT TODAY. >> AT THE START OF THE SHOW, I SAY A LOW SCORE UP NOR GRABS AND EXPECT THE HEAVYWEIGHTS TO HEAT THINGS UP. THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING SO FAR. DUSTIN JOHNSON, JON RAHM, BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU, TALOR GOOCH.
ALL GOING PRETTY LOW. YOU CAN SEE THEIR NAMES UP THERE ON THE PYLON. EVERY TIME YOU GIVE THESE GUYS GREAT CONDITIONS LIKE TODAY, THOSE GUYS AT THE TOP. CAN’T AFFORD TO PLAY CONSERVATIVELY. KEEP PLAYING AGGRESSIVELY AND KEEP MAKING BIRDIES AND WE WILL
SEE THAT GOING TO THE BACK NINE. >> SUE ANN, A GROUP IN YOUR FOLLOWING, WHICH ONE WILL SHOW YOU THE FRAMEWORK EARLY IN THIS RUN TO FINISH STRONGLY. >> I MOVED TO BRYSON’S GROUP AND HARD TO NOT GO FOR SOMEONE LIKE HIM. HITTING THE BALL GREAT.
UNFORCED ERRORS. MISSED A FEW PUTTS. HE HAS SOME SHOT — HE LEFT SOME SHOTS OUT THERE WHICH HE TOLD ME, BUT DEFINITELY BRYSON IS SOMEONE AT THE TOP OF THE LEADER BOARD BY THE END OF TODAY. >> CERTAINLY LOOKS THAT WAY, SUE ANN.
LOOK AT SOME OF BRYSON’S HIGHLIGHTS AFTER DAY TWO. DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE DROP SHOT ON THE 9th HOLE. TEED AT 4 WITH BIRDIE. FOLLOWED THAT UP WITH A BIRDIE AT 6. AND THEN BE THIS BIRDIE PUTT AT 7.
ONE STAGE HE WENT TO 8 UNDER PAR IN THE INDIVIDUAL OUTRIGHT LEAD AFTER THE 67 YESTERDAY. THE SECOND SHOT INTO THE PAR 4 9th WHICH WOULD LEAD TO BIRDIE. OPENED FIVE OF THE HIS OPENING EIGHT HOLES IN ROUND TWO WITH THE BOGEY AT 12.
THE LAST OF THE FIVE BIRDIES AT 1 11. >> DOM. WHAT EXACTLY IS THEIR PROBLEM OUT THERE. THIS SCORE SOMETHING NOT AS LOW AS WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE. >> THE LEAD GROUP, DAVID, THEY ARE DRIVING. DROVE IT SO BEAUTIFULLY AND THEY
ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE. SOME OF THE MISSES ARE BIG PER KC. ONE OF THE CADDIES — OF TWO THE CADDIES CAME UP TO ME AND SAID SURPRISED NOT LIV IN PLACE. MUD ON THE BALL. SOME UNCERTAINTY GOING INTO THE GREENS EVEN WITH THE SHORT
IRONS. >> AND A LOT OF SHORT IRONS OUT THERE. >> ALL SHORT IRONS. >> YOU CAN’T IMAGINE IT WOULD MAKE THAT MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE. >> YEAH, YOU DON’T, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE DID HAROLD — ON THE VERY FIRST HOLE, HAROLD HAD THAT
MUD BALL AND IS THAT THING SHOT LEFT AND GIVEN APPEAR LITTLE UNCERTAINTY AND NERVOUS WITH THE BALL. A LITTLE MOISTURE ON THE BALL AND YOU JUST HAVE TO FIND FAIRWAYS. BETTER TO MAKE IT OUT OF THE ROUGH. PAUL CASEY MADE AN UNBELIEVABLE
BOGEY ON THE 9th HOLE. HE WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE AND MANAGED FOR A 14-FOOTER FOR A BOGEY AND IT DID A BIG HORSE SHOE BEFORE IT DROPPED IN. >> WHAT YOU ARE SAYING NO EXCUSE. WE EXPECT BETTER ON THE BACK 9.
>> BRYSON ON THE TEE. >> HIS BACK 9 BEGINS. >> PETER UIHLEIN ON THE 12th TEE. HE HIT A MOST UNCHARACTERISTIC TEE SHOT. LOW SKULL. LIKE SOMETHING YOU WOULD SEE IN PRESIDENT PRO AM. SEE IF YOU CAN DO A LITTLE BETTER HERE.
LITTLE OUT OF RHYTHM. AND THEN — THAT IS WHERE WE SAW BRYSON. >> MOMENTS AGO, THOMAS PIETERS AT THE RANGE GOATS. SECOND SHOT AT 10. >> YOU WOULDN’T RULE OUT DUSTIN JOHNSON FROM CHALLENGING FOR HIS THIRD LIV GOLF TITLE. ONLY A STROKE BACK NOW.
THAT IS ANOTHER BIRDIE FOR DJ WHICH IS 3 UNDER PAR FOR HIS ROUND SO FAR. THAT WAS AT THE 8th. >> GOOCH AT 12. >> BUBBA’S SECOND AT THE 11th. >> ACTION ON THAT. BEAUTIFUL SHOT. >> 13th FEARWAY WITH BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU. >>9999.
HE WAS HAVING A GO WITH THE PAR 5 15th AT 2. >> HE IS UNDER THE FLIGHT PATH OF HARRY REID AIRPORT. >> YES. >> RIGHT IN THE FLAG STICK. MERONK FOR BIRDIE AT 8. HE IS TWO UNDER PAR TODAY.
THE CLERK ARE CLIMBING THE PYLON. SIXTH PLACE. 12 UNDER PAR. THOMAS PIETERS TIES THE LEAD. THAT WAS FOR BIRDIE AT 10. THOMAS PIETERS JOINS HIS RANGE GOATS TEAM MATE PETER UIHLEIN AND TECHNICIAN DeCHAMBEAU FOR 7 UNDER PAR.
>> PAUL CASEY, ONE OVER TODAY. NOT LIKE HIM. THAT WOULD HAVE TIED THE LEAD FOR HIM AGAIN. >> LOOKS A LITTLE OUT OF SORTS TODAY. >> YEAH. JUST NOT QUITE HIMSELF. >> CAM SMITH IS 4 UNDER PAR. HE HAS A BIRDIE OPPORTUNITY HERE
AT THE 7th. [ APPLAUSE ] >> DEATHLY PLAYED BY JOAQUIN NIEMANN. PETER UIHLEIN FROM THE BUNKER AT 12. ONE OF OUR THREE JOINT LEADERS. THE RANGE GOATS FROM A TWO-STROKE LEAD NOW OVER THE CRUSHERS ON 21 UNDER PAR. [ APPLAUSE ] PAT PEREZ AT 13.
>> ELSEWHERE, EUGENIO CHACARRA TO WON THE LIV GOLF EVENT IN THAILAND. THE YOUNG SPAINARD WITH A BIRDIE AT 14 FOR THE FIREBALLS. PHIL MICKELSON FOR BIRDIE AT 1 AND HE IS IN RED FIGURES. THE HYFLYERS CAPTAIN, 1 UNDER PAR HERE IN LAS VEGAS.
>> MATTHEW WOLFF FOR BIRDIE AT 11. HE GETS IT TO 6 UNDER. IT WAS A FEW MOMENTS AGO. >> BROOKS WITH HIS THIRD SHOT AT THE PAR 5 15th. KIND OF A CHEWY LIE. PLAYED IT BEAUTIFULLY. >> HE WOULD POP THAT IN.
>> BRYSON WITH A DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE FIRST BOGEY OF THE DATE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECLAIM THE OUTRIGHT LEAD AT 13. >> SUN WENT BEHIND A CLOUD AND THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED THREE OR FOUR DEGREES CELSIUS. TO ADD ON TO WHAT DOM SAID WHY
IT IS PLAYING A LITTLE TOUGHER THAN IT LOOKS. THE GREENS ARE TOUGH TO READ OUT HERE. BREAKS ARE SO SUBTLE. >> DON’T YOU THINK SUE ANN — >> TRITE LEFT OF THE GREEN. >> DOWN ONE AND A HALF PERCENT. >> YEAH. I DON’T UNDERSTAND BRYSON’S
PUTTING PERCENTAGES, BUT THIS SHOULD MOVE TO HIS LEFT. NOT MUCH. >> YEAH, DON’T YOU THINK, SUE ANN, WITH GREENS. YOU SAY SUBTLE BREAKS. SO MUCH PUTTS AROUND THE HOLE THAT DON’T TURN MUCH. YOU TRY TO READING IS INTO IT AT TIMES.
>> YOU STRAIGHTEN OUT AT THE END. EITHER THAT OR IT SNAPS REALLY HARD WITH FOOTER. NOT EASY. IT DEPENDS ON YOUR PACE. AND THE PUTT. >> BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU, TEN HOLES, SIX BIRDIES, ONE BOGEY. IT IS EVENTFUL. IT IS ENTERTAINING.
HE LED BY 1. THIS IS PETER UIHLEIN FOR PAR AT 12. BRYSON DOES LEAD BY 1 ON 8 UNDER PAR. AND BRYSON WILL MOVE TO THE 14th AT THE GLORIOUS LAS VEGAS — LAS VEGAS COUNTRY CLUB. DAVID, TAKE US THROUGH THE HOLE. >> 471 YARDS STRAIGHT AWAY.
THESE BUNKERS ARE IN PLAY, DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY DECIDE TO HIT OFF THE TEE. AND AS USUAL, THIS GREEN RAISED UP A LITTLE. FALLS OFF ON ALL SIDES WITH THE BUNKER AND A THICK ROUGH AROUND. STOP THAT. >> MATTHEW WOLFF ON THE TEE AT 1
12. >> THIS MIGHT BE GOOD. SUPPOSE NOT. >> PHIL FOR BIRDIE AT 2. ENTERTAINING HIS LEGIONS OF FANS HERE IN LAS VEGAS. HE IS 2 UNDER PAR FOR THE COMPETITION. PHIL HITTING SOME FORM HERE. JUST OFF THE LAS VEGAS STRIP.
WELL, WE JUST SAW MATTHEW WOLFF ON THIS. COULD YOU FIND TWO MORE DIFFERENT SWINGS? MATTHEW WOLFF AND BUBBA. >> GOSH, I JUST DIDN’T START AT THE RIGHT SPOT. >> SO CLOSE. >> THAT’S ALL RIGHT. >> NEVER NEVER HAD A LESSON IN
HIS ENTIRE LIFE. >> WHERE WILL YOU START SUPERVISE SOMEBODY GOT A HOLD OF MATTHEW WOLFF AND SAID YOU CAN’T SWING LIKE THAT, LIKE JIM FURYK, IT WOULD HAVE RUINED HIM. >> YEAH, IT WOULD HAVE . >> DeCHAMBEAU ON THE TEE AT 14.
>> 302 TO THE FIRST BUNKER ON THE RIGHT. HE IS GOING TO TRY TO JUST DRAW THIS LEFT EDGE OF THE RIGHT BUNKER. IT IS NOT TURNING. >> FLIES THAT BUNKER AND LYING PRETTY DECENTLY IT SEEMS. BACK ON 13.
DOM CAUGHT UP WITH THE TALOR GOOCH GROUP. >> LITTLE KNOCKDOWN OF HIS THAT HE HITS WITH THE FAIRWAY WOODS LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. >> WHAT A GO OPINION TO SHOT THAT IS. IT MADE HIM A LOT OF MONEY. >> AH, YEAH.
>> CALEB SURRATT AND THE VERY START OF HIS PROFESSIONAL ON THE TEE AT 8. 1 UNDER FOR HIS ROUND. MEMBER OF LEGION XIII. THAT IS JUST DELIGHTFUL. BOY, HE IS FUN TO WATCH, THIS YOUNG MAN. >> HE WILL BE A FOLK HERO OUT
HERE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING A GREAT PLAYER. >> WHAT A BIT OF RECRUITMENT BY LEGION XIII LED BY JON RAHM. YEAH. >>. >> D.J.’S SECOND SHOT AT 9. NOW THE LIV GOLF LEAGUE HAVE BOOSTED YOUR LIV X EXPERIENCE.
YOU, THE FAN, WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO SAY WHICH CAPTAINS WILL BE TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST ROUND. YOU PICKED BOOKS, BRYSON AND JON RAHM. ENHANCING YOUR ON-SITE FAN EXPERIENCE WITH EXCLUSIVE MEET AND GREET WITH PLAYERS INSIDE THE ROPE OPPORTUNITY AND FREE V.I.P. UPGRADES IN YOUR
BUCKET LIST. SIGN UP FOR LIV X. IT IS EASY AND IT IS FREE. >> BEAUTIFUL LOOK THERE AT THE 12th GREEN WITH WOLFY, BUBBA, AND KOKRAK. >> LOOKS LIKE BUBBA IS GOING TO BE FIRST FROM THE LEFT EDGE. IN THE FRINGE.
>> GOING TO TRY — WELL, FOR THE HYFLYERS. CAMERON TRINGALE QUIETLY CRUISING ALONG AT 1 UNDER PAR. HIS SECOND SHOT AT 17. NEARLY GIMME RANGE. AND MARK LEISHMAN, BIG MAN FOR RIPPER GC. THAT FOR AN EAGLE AT NUMBER 1.
ONE OF ONLY TWO PAR 5s AT THE GOLF COURSE. KC WAS rd AND 11. I THOUGHT THAT ONE WOULD BE DROPPING TOO. >> BACK TO THE GREEN AT NUMBER 12. AND MATTHEW WOLFF. RIGHT TO LETTER HERE. THE SAME FORWARD PRESS.
TO KICK START THE SWING. HANDS MOVING FORWARD RIGHTS BEFORE TAKING IT BACK. SAME AS HE DID IN THE FULL SWING. NEVER REALLY SETS STILL BEFORE A PU PUTT. >> D.J. HAS GIVEN THEMSELVES A DECENT CHANCE OF BIRDIE AT 9. 3 UNDER PAR TODAY.
6 UNDER FOR THE TOURNAMENT. >> DAMN, HE DIDN’T HIT IT. O OH. >> THOMAS PIETERS TO TIE THE LEAD FOR BIRDIE AT 11. FINISH, FOOD STROKE. HIT HIS LINE. TEASES HIM ONCE AGAIN. >> JOHN RAM ON THE LIV LINE AT 15.
THAT IS FOR A FOR BIRDIE. HE KNOCKS THAT ONE IN. >> FINALLY STARTING TO DROP. CAN’T HELP BUT FACTOR HIM IN TOMORROW. VASHZ HAROLD VARNER. SEE IF HE LEARNED ANYTHING FROM PETER’S PUTT HERE. MISSED HIS LINE THERE.
>> BRYSON WITH A SECOND SHOT HERE ON THE 14th. CAUGHT THE RIGHT ROUGH. LIE IS PRETTY GOOD. SHOULDN’T CAUSE TOO MUCH PROB PROBLEMS. >> WHERE IS THE WIND. >> DOWN OFF THE LEFT. >> I THINK 10:30. WOULD YOU MIND SCOOTING BACK, SIR?
THANK YOU, APPRECIATE IT. >> YOU HAVE 50. SO HAVE THAT 130. YEP. >> WIND IS HELPING. BREAKING RIGHT. YOU SEE WHAT I AM SAYING? >> GAP WEDGE. WHERE THE HOLE LOCATION IS TODAY WILL SWEEP RIGHT TO LEFT. LANDED SHORT OF THE HOLE.
A NICE LITTLE UPHILL PUTT. >> ALMOST WENT STRAIGHT DOWN THE CANISTER. >> SUPER BOWL WEEKEND IS UPON US AND A REASON FOR EVERY SPORTS FAN TO CELEBRATE. IN THIS WEEK’S WHAT THE FARERTY, WE FIND OUT MAYBE NOT EVERYBODY. >> NOW LOOK, WE ARE HERE IN LAS VEGAS.
IT IS SUPER BOWL WEEK, A TIME OF THE YEAR THAT EVERY RED-BLOODED AMERICAN GETS SUPER BOWL FEVER. I’M HERE TO TELL YOU I AM NOT ONE OF THEM. THERE IS ONE ASPECT OF THE GAME THAT PUTS MY PANTIES IN AN UNBELIEVABLE KNOT. THAT IS OVERCELEBRATION.
I FEEL A ROUND COMING ON. SO GET COMFORTABLE. GROWING UP, WE CALL THIS GLOATING. AND IT WAS SOME COUNTY MOST REPULSIVE BEHAVIOR IN SPORTS. BOY, I AM GLAD WE DON’T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT HERE AT LIV. >> WE PROMISED YOU AN ACE ON 12.
AND CHASE KOEPKA HAS DELIVERED. >> A HOLE IN ONE IS DIFFERENT. BACK TO THIS POINT. I WOULDN’T MIND IF IT WAS LIMITED TO THE END OF THE GAME BUT THIS EARLY GAME BR BRAG DOCIOUSNESS THAT WILL HAVE YOU HIT YOUR EIGHT-YEAR-OLD
CHILD UP THE HEAD THAT DEALS WITH APLEXY. A TEN-YARD PENALTY FOR HELMET BASHING, WIENER TOUCHING OR ANYTHING SIMILAR. YOU STOP THE GUY FROM RUN THE YARD REASON CONGRATULATIONS. GET TO YOUR SIDE OF THE FIELD AND SHUT THE [BLEEP] UP.
LIKE ME, YOU ARE BEING PAID A FORTUNE FOR THIS CRAP. SO ACT LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN THERE BEFORE AND LEAVE THE OVERCELEBRATING TO RICHARD BANDS WILL-AMONIUM. BLAND ARTIST. LEAVE THE GAME TO EMMITT SMITH WHO HAD THE ABILITY TO DANCE BUT
NEVER HAD THE ABILITY TO DO IT IN THE END ZONE. [LAUGHTER] >> SPEAKING OF CELEBRATIONS PRESUMABLY HAD TO WALK AWAY. JOAQUIN NIEMANN AFTER THE VICTORY ON THE HOLE. BACK TO PROPER GROUCHY FORM. >> YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE FIRST VERSION OF THAT.
MOST OF IT GOT REDACTED. [LAUGHTER] >> TALOR GOOCH TO GET IT TO 7 UNDER PAR. BOY, HE IS FIGHTING SOME FORM HERE IN ROUND 2. 3 UNDER FOR HIS ROUND. NOW LIVE PETER UIHLEIN. >> BEAUTIFUL PARTS, NOT NEARLY AS GOOD AS THE DELIVERY.
>> THOMAS PIETERS ON THE TEE FROM 12. >> ON THE FIRM HAND SHAKE BRIGADES. >> YES, ABSOLUTELY. STIFF UPPER LIP. WE ARE SEEING SOME WAYWARD SHOTS AT 12. FLAG IN THE FRONT IS GIVING THEM TROUBLE. >> JON RAHM IS ON THE TEE AT 16.
FIRST VERSION, MY PRODUCER SAID WE MAY BE DEPORTED. >> I THINK JOHN HAS TAKEN IT PERSONALLY TEEING OFF AT SIX TODAY. FOUR UNDER FOR HIS ROUND. GOT HIMSELF INTO CONTENTION. TIED FOR SIXTH. >> IDIOT. >> NO CELEBRATION THERE IS.
>> ELSEWHERE YOUNG BUCK, CALEB SURRATT HAS GOT IT TO 5 UNDER. AND WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT JUST HOW GOOD THIS YOUNG MAN IS. LEGION XIII ARE IN FIFTH. 14 UNDER PAR. JASON KOKRAK, HE IS BACK TO HIS OVERSIGHT 5 UNDER PAR AFTER THAT
BIRDIE AT 12 FOR SMASH GC WHO ARE TIED FOR 3rd ON 17 UNDER. BACK TO DeCHAMBEAU FOR A TWO-SHOT LEAD. >> THE SECOND HARDEST GREEN TO HIT YESTERDAY. HE JUST MADE IT LOOK VERY EASY. JUST A WEDGE. >> WHAT AN ADVANTAGE, SUE ANN,
JUST TO HAVE WEDGE IN YOUR HAND ALL DAY LONG. >> ABSOLUTELY, DAVID. I MEAN, MOST OF THESE GUYS ARE HITTING 8s AND 7s. JUST FLIPPING HIS WEDGES. DIFFERENT GAME, THIS GUY PLAYS. SGLI >> NOTHING TO SEE HERE. JUST SEVEN BIRDIES IN 11 HOLES
FOR BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU. HE IS 9 UNDER PAR. WHEN HE GETS MOVING LIKE THIS, HE IS VERY DIFFICULT TO STOP. HE LEADS BY TWO. LIV GOLF JUST LAUNCHED THE LEAGUE’S PODCAST. CALLED FAIRWAY TO HEAVEN AND HOSTED BY JERRY FULTZ AND SUE
ANN HENG BUT THE STARS OF THE SHOW ARE THE LIV GOLF LEAGUE PLAYERS. >> YOU HOLD THE PGA TOUR OF MOST FEET OF PUTTS IN LAS VEGAS. >> GIVE US THE NUMBER. >> 558 FEET AND 11 INCHES. >> YOU WERE NOT COUNTING. >> 558.
>> I THINK I WAS FOR STROKES GAINED FOR THE WEEK — I WILL HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK, PLUS 13.5. >> NO, FOR PUTTING STATS? >> AND HE TOLD ME, AND YOU BARELY FRICKEN RUN. DOESN’T MATTER HOW YOU GET IT DONE AS LONG AS YOU GET IT DONE.
ONE OF THOSE WEEKS THAT I COULDN’T MISS. WON WITH A TRIPLE ON SUNDAY RICK EL FOWLER. I THINK I WAS THE ONLY ONE TO WIN. >> GREAT STUFF WITH KEVIN NA. DOWNLOAD THE APP WITH THE APP STORE LIKE NETFLIX OR MAX, BUT
WITH LIV GOLF, IT IS FREE FOR MOST OF THE WORLD AND THIS EPISODE FILMED AND RECORDED RIGHT MERE WITH LAS VEGAS RESIDENT KEVIN NA. IT IS AVAILABLE NOW. SCAN THE QR CODE ON YOUR SCREEN. HE CAME WITH HIS BROTHER AT UNLV.
HE LOVED IT SO MUCH THAT HE STAYED. >> NOT A BAD PLACE FOR A PROFESSIONAL GOLFER. GREAT TO HAVE THESE FANS SEE WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE LIKE OFF OF THE GOLF COURSE. GET TO KNOW OF THEM AS PEOPLE INSTEAD OF STARS OF THE GAME.
DeCHAMBEAU, LAST PAR 5. WILL PLAY ONLY TWO OF THE COURSE. >> WALKING UP TO GAAEME WITH THE TEE BOX. HOW GOOD WILL YOU BE WITH THE DRIVES. I SAID NOT VERY. ANOTHER GOOD OPINION LOOKING DRIVE. >> 192 BALL SPEED.
>> THAT IS QUICK. >>. YOU KNOW ME THAT IS NOT EASTERN HIS FASTEST. THAT IS HIS FAIRWAY FINDER SUPERVISE. >> BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU. WE HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE. HE HAS ALL THE MOMENTUM AT THE MOMENT. HE IS 9 UNDER PAR IN ROUND TWO
OF LIV GOLF LAS VEGAS. >> NEXT TO THE GREEN AT 16. JON RAHM FOR BIRDIE. >> KINDS OF FORTUNATE TO STAY UP ON THE SLOPE THERE. COP HAVE DRIFTED FURTHER AWAY. >> SIR, WITH THE CAMERA, YOU CAN’T BE TAKING PICTURES UNTIL THE PLAYERS HIT.
OKAY. >> ADAM HAYES, LONG-TIME CADDY. >> THE GREEN AT 15. >> LUCAS HERBERT FOR RIPPER GC. >> THE 14th FAIRWAY OF THE MAGNIFICENT LAS VEGAS COUNTRY CLUB. DEAN MARTIN WAS PLAYING ROUNDS EVERY DAY BEFORE THIS COURSE EVEN OPENED FOR THE PUBLIC BACK
IN 1967. I THINK IF I COULD BE A FLY ON THE WALL WITH ANY GROUP OF PEOPLE, SO MANY TO CHOOSE FROM IN HISTORY. BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SPEND THE DAY WITH THE RAT PACK. >> IN THE CLUBHOUSE HERE. >> YEAH.
>> THOMAS PIETERS WITH A MISS HERE AT 12. >> TO THE 10th HOLE, DUSTIN JOHNSON WITH HIS SECOND SHOT. >> RARELY A TOURNAMENT GOES BY WITHOUT DUSTIN JOHNSONING TOP OF THE PYLON ON THE LIV GOLF LEAGUE. ABRAHAM ANCER. FEW MOMENTS AGO, FOR BIRDIE AT
8. HE IS 5 UNDER PAR. >> ARLO, I KNOW YOU LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT YOU WOULDN’T SURVIVE FOUR OR FIVE HOURS WITH DEAN MART. AND YOU WOULD, DOM? >> ME AND JERRY ANYWAY. >> 7 IRON LEAKED OUT TO THE RIGHT.
>> THESE WERE MY ROLE MODELS GROWING UP. ♪ >>> WELL, ELSEWHERE, RICHARD BLAND IS A 5 UNDER PAR AS WELL. IT IS GOING TO BE A CALVARY CHARGE ON CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY. HIS SECOND SHOT INTO THE SECOND HOLE. HAD AN ACE LAST WEEK.
AND KEVIN NA. WE JUST HEARD FROM HIM ON THAT CLIP OF THE FAIRWAY TO HEAVEN PART WITH JERRY AND SUE ANN AND NUMBER THREE FOR JERRY AND THE IRON HEADS. >> ANIRBAN LAHIRI AT 14. >> PETER UIHLEIN BLOCKED HIS TEE SHOT OUT RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS A BUNKER WHICH IS A GOOD THING. RIGHT UP AGAINST THE FRONT LIV. THE LIE IS GOOD. NOT MUCH GRASS BEHIND THE BAR. SHOULDN’T CATCH A FLY. YOU DON’T CATCH MANY FLYERS OUT OF THE GLASS ANYWAY. A LITTLE LOB.
>> THAT IS A GOOD SHOT FROM THE THERE. >> ADRIAN MERONK, THE REINING PLAYER OF THE YEAR AND AN BIRDIE PUTT HERE TO GET TO 6 UNDER PAR SETTLING QUITE NICELY TO LIFE ON THE LIV GOLF LEAGUE. CLEEKS DOWN IN 8th PLACE AT THE
MOMENT BUT PRIMED TO MAKE A CHARGE IN THE FINAL ROUND. >> PAT PEREZ AT THE 15th. >> HE IS BLOCKED OUT BY THAT RIGHT TREES. LAYING UP. >> FORM CHECK IS BACK FOR 2024. SENDS YOUR SWINGS IN. AND YOU WILL GET ONE OF OUR
EXPERTS TO ANALYZE IT IN CLUB 54. THE POST ROUND SHOW IN THE LIV GOLF BROADCAST. GET THOSE SWINGS IN. >> BRYSON AT 15. SECOND SHOT. I KNOW IT IS A 9 IRON ALREADY. >> ABSOLUTELY, SPOTON. >> WE SAW THE CADDY SIGNALING.
>> HAS SOME MUD ON THAT BALL. SITUATION SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY. WAS A LITTLE FURTHER BACK. JUST A TOUCH OF WIND HELPING. >> BROOKS KOEPKA IS TRYING HIS UPMOST TO BE PART OF THE PYLON TOPPERS. CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY. ROLLS THAT IN FOR BIRDIE.
THAT WAS AT 17. HE IS 2 UNDER TODAY. 4 UNDER FOR THE COMPETITION. COUNTING ON THE SMASH GC WHO IS TIED WITH THE 4ACES FOR THIRD PLACE ON 18 UNDER. >> WHILE THAT WAS GOING ON. THIS IS TAYLOR FROM A BUNKER AT 14.
NICELY DONE. >> ONLINE. MIDDLE OF THE GREEN BUT AN AWKWARD POSITION ON 14. THAT LITTLE SHELF RIGHT UP TO THE RIGHT MIDDLE. IT’S PRETTY SLOW. >> 15th FAIRWAY. BOGEYED FOUR OF HIS SIX HOLES TODAY. HE IS COUNTING FOR THE 4ACES.
>> ARLO, HIS PUTTER HAS BEEN RUNNING HOT. LOOKS HARD ON THAT PART OF THE GAME. SPENDS A LOT OF TIME WITH CLAUDETTE HARMON, HIS SWING COACH. >> NICE SHOT THERE. >> BRANDEN GRACE SCRATCH WITH 1 UNDER PAR. HE IS ABSOLUTELY FLYING TODAY.
EAGLE PUTT AT 1. HE IS 6 UNDER PAR FOR THE COMPETITION AND HENRIK STENSON BATTLING A HEAVY COLD THIS WEEK. AND WINNING THE FIGHT AT THE MOMENT. THIRD AT 15. HENRIK IS 5 UNDER PAR HERE IN LAS VEGAS. TRICKY DAY SO FAR FOR OUR
CO-OVERNIGHT LEADERS HAROLD VARNER III AND PAUL CASEY. CASEY 2 OVER AND SECOND SHOT HERE AT. >> THAT WILL HELP. >> THOMAS PIETERS IN THE LIGHT ROU ROUGH. DOESN’T RELEASE NEARLY AS MUCH AS HE JUDGED IT TO. >> BRYSON, HIGH AT 15, SUE ANN.
>> HE WAS NOT PLEASED AFTER THAT 9 IRON. THIS SHOULD NOT BE A DIFFICULT PITCH. A LOT OF GREEN TO WORK WITH. THE BALL SITTING DOWN JUST A COACH, BUT NOT TOO BAD. CAUGHT HIM HAVING SOME GOOD LAUGHS BETWEEN GRAEME AND PAT PEREZ.
THE LAST FEW HOLES. YOU CAN SEE THAT IS WHERE HE WANTS TO LAND HIS BALL. ABOUT 20 FEET SHORT. ONE HOP AND ROLL UP. [ APPLAUSE ] >> TALOR GOOCH TO GET IT UP AND DOWN FOR PAR AT 14. >> NOT A BAD LEADERBOARD THERE.
PYLON. >> BODES AS WELL FOR TOMORROW. CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY. STARTEDED A DAY EARLY THIS WEEK FOR OBVIOUS REASONS HERE IN LAS VEGAS. JON RAHM, HOPES TO BE PART OF THE MIX TOMORROW. HE IS 6 UNDER PAR. SECOND SHOT INTO 16.
ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR THE LEGION XIII CAPTAIN. >> THOMAS PIETERS FOR BIRDIE. 1 13. >> YOU KNOW IT WILL STEAL HEADLINES COME WITH OUR GOLF, AU ARLO. HARD TO STEAL THE HEADLINES BUT THE FIRST-EVER TEAM PLAYOFF. THIS IS ALL SCRIPTED AND ONLY
FITTING THAT WE HAVE THE FIRST TEAM PLAYOFF THE SAME WEEKEND OF THE NFL AND AMERICAN SPORTS BIGGEST GAME. >> YOU ARE TALKING OVERTIME. >> G MACHINEMAC FOR BIRDIE. >> TO THE A GOOD READ FROM BRYSON’S CHIP. UPHELD. MOVE TO HIS LEFT.
>> BACK TO 4 UNDER PAR. >> DJ UP AGAINST THE LIP. PROUDLY PICKED IT OFF. AN EXCELLENT SHOT. >> GREAT TECHNIQUE THERE. HOW WE HAD TO STAY BACK ON THE RIGHT FOOT TO HAVE IT OVER THE LIP OF THE BUNKER.
>> SOME COUNTY GREATEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD OF GOLF PLAYING HERE IN THE LAS VEGAS COUNTRY CLUB JUST OFF THE STRIP IN VEGAS. TALOR GOOCH, INDIVIDUALS CHAMPION, REINING CHAMPION 7 UNDER PAR. BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU CHARGING. MAY BE 10 UNDER PAR.
BUBBA WATSON IS STILL ON HIS OVERNIGHT 5 UNDER AFTER DROPPING A COUPLE OF SHOTS EARLY IN HIS ROUND TODAY AND HIS TEAMMATE MATTHEW WOLFF ON 6 UNDER PAR. WELL IN THE MIX. WELL ON THE WAY AT 14. >> BRYSON HAS TO HAVE ONE AT 15.
THAT IS A THREE-SHOT LEAD. >> 12 HOLDS, LIFE IS NEVER DULL. WATCHING BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU. HE IS 10 UNDER PAR LEADING A STAR STUDDED FIELD BY THREE SHOTS. NOW 2024 PROMISES TO BE THE MOST EXCITING YET FOR THE LIV GOLF LEAGUE.
NEW PLAYERS AND NEW TEAMS AND FANTASTIC NEW VENUES. LIV GOLF FANTASY IS BACK WITH AN EXCITING FORMAT. COMPETE AGAINST FRIENDS, FOES. WATCH YOUR TEAM CLIMB THE PYLON AND IF YOU WIN GREAT PRICES, MORE IMPORTANTLY YOU GET A BRAGGING RIGHT OVER THE MATES.
ANOTHER GREAT WAY TO ENJOY THE LIV GOLF LEAGUE. YOU CAN ALSO PICK YOUR FAVORITE TEAM AS WELL. PARLAY PRO. MY DAD HAS NEVER WATCHED A LIV GOLF EVENT ON TV BEFORE THIS WEEKEND. HE JUST TEXTED ME 37 BLEEP AWESOME.
I GOT TO PICK A TEAM THIS WEEK. >> WHO SHOULD HE PICK, EVERYBODY? DAVID IS A RANGE GOATS FOR LIFE. YOU ARE THE ORIGINAL SOCIAL SECRETARY FOR THE MUCH-CHANGED SMASH TV, JERRY. >> SMASH FOR LIFE. BY THE TWITTER HANDLE PARLAY, A
BIT OF A BETTING MAN IN THE GAMBLING CAPITAL OF THE UNIVERSE. WHO WOULD NEED THE MOST GAMBLING. >> THE 4ACESS, I GUESS. >> A NO BRAINER FOR POPS. >> OR YOU MEET WANT TO JUMP ON THE LEGION XIII BANDWAGON.
>> STRAIGHT TO THE RIGHT. >> HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? >> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. >> A LOOK AT THE 16th TEE. 16th HOLE. AND BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU IS PUTTING ONE OF THOSE ROUNDS TOGETHER WITH LAS VEGAS HAS THE HONOR. CRUSHERS ARE 2 UNDER PAR.
LEAD THE RANGE GOATS BY. BRYSON HAS A THREE-STROKE LEAD OVER D.J. TALOR GOOCH, AND PETER UIHL UIHLEIN. >> I LIKE THIS. >> HE IS PLAYING 189 TODAY. THE 16th HOLE LOCATION. TRICKY ONE. BACK LEFT. START THE TV TOWER. DRAW IT TWO, THREE YARDS.
>> GREAT RHYTHM. >> SPEAKING OF LEGION XIII AS WE WERE A FEW MOMENTS AGO, TYRRELL HATTON, THIS IS FOR BIRDIE AT 1 11. >> NOT OVERLY DELIGHTED WITH THE OUTCOME. >> HE ADMITS HIMSELF THAT HE WEARS HIS HEART ON HIS SLEEVE.
>> McDOWELL ON THE 16th. TALKING TO CONNOR WHO IS BRYSON’S BEST FRIEND AND HE SAID HE IS PLAYING SO MUCH BETTER THIS WEEK BECAUSE OF THE ALTITUDE. THE BALL DOESN’T CURVE THAT MUCH. QUITE A BIT OF SPINOFF. ABLE TO CONTROL THE BALL BETTER
FOR BRYSON AT SEA LEVEL. KERR SECURE RECENTLY IT SPINS MORE AND SPINS MORE. SO LAST WEEK, HE WAS HITTING 10, 12 YARD DRAWS. THIS WEEK FIVE OR SIX YARDS. HE IS ABLE TO TAKE ON PINS MORE AGGRESSIVELY. THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING.
>> ANOTHER GOOD SHOT FOR GRAEME McDOWELL. >> TEEN COMPETITION WILL GO ALL THE WAY AS IT ALWAYS DOES. PLAYED FIRST PLAYOFF IN LIV GOLF HISTORY. SECOND OF 14. THE CRUSHERS LEAD THE WAY AT THE MOMENT. THE RANGE GOATS, IT THE
OVERNIGHT LEADER BY A SHOT. THEY ARE STILL THERE ON 20 UNDER PAR. IN SECOND PLACE, THAT WAS PETER UIHLEIN’S TEE SHOT AT 8. AND TIE FOR THIRD PLACE. BROOKS KOEPKA’S SMASH GC ARE 18 UNDER. HIS BIRDIE AT 17. DUSTIN JOHNSON, THE CAPTAIN OF
THE 4ACES. I THINK THEY WERE SLIGHTLY EMBARRASSED BY THEIR PERFORMANCE AT 12th PLACE IN MEXICO LAST WEEK AND TIED FOR THIRD PLACE FOR BIRDIE AT 8. THERE IS THE SCORE WORM OF OUR TOP FOUR. ACCEPT RATED BY JUST FOUR STROKES.
>> THAT LOOKS LIKE THE 345I9ING SEASON FOR THE SCORE WORM. [LAUGHTER] >> SPEAKING OF THE DUSTIN JOHNSON. HE HAS GOT IT TO 8 UNDER PAR. TWO BACK FROM BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU. DUSTIN IS 5 UNDER PAR THROUGH HIS OPENING 12 HOLES TODAY. >> HIGH HOPES THIS WEEK.
>> IN THE HOLE … OH! >> I DON’T KNOW HOW CLOSE WE CAN GET TOTE 357B AN ICE HERE IN LAS VEG VEGAS. IRON HEADS FAN. THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS FOR THE RAIDERS. AND PLAYED IN THE PRO AM. GOOD TO HAVE HIM HERE ON LIV
GOLF VEGAS. >> TO THE 14th FAIRWAY. HAROLD VARNER III. >> GRADUAL LITTLE SLOPE. 5 OVER. PERFECT. >> GOOD SOLID SWING, BUD. >> GOOD SHOT HERE. GOOD — GOOD APPROACH ON THE NEXT HOLE. HE CAN GET MUCH CLOSER TO A LEAD
IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. THIS IS A SCORING CHANCE HERE. OF COURSE PAR 5 15th AHEAD. JUST ABOUT A HALF A CLUB OFF. HOW CLAPTED THE DISTANCE. >> PETER UIHLEIN DROVE IN THE FAIRWAY BUNKER JUST TO MOVE IT OFF THE FAIRWAY.
A LITTLE MUD OFF THE BALL. CAN USE A LITTLE SLOPE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN. RIGHT SIDE OF THE PIN. >> PAUL CASEY NOW, FOUR BACK. >> HAROLD VARNER AND PAUL CASEY NOT COUNTING FOR THEIR TEAMS TODAY AFTER OPENING ROUND 64s.
THIS IS THE 16th GREEN. THE FLAGS FLYING STIFFLY IN THE BREEZE. AND PAT PEREZ CHATTERING AWAY TO HIMSELF. NOT PARTICULARLY PLEASED WITH HIS EFFORT ON 15. THE 4ACES ARE 19 UNDER. THAT IS GOOD FOR THIRD PLACE. AND PAT PEREZ IS COUNTING AT THE
MOMENT, DESPITE BEING 1 OVER TOD TODAY. >> CAM SMITH ON THE 10th GREEN FOR BIRDIE. >> APPROACHING THE FINAL THIRD OF THE ROUND AT LIV GOLF LAS VEGAS. SECOND ROUND OF THREE, OF COURSE. CRUSHERS LEAD THE WAY IN THE TEAM COMPETITION.
DUSTIN JOHNSON MAKING MOVES INDIVIDUALLY AS WELL. >> NOTHING LIKE THAT ONE. >> TEE SHOT AT 12. THE PAR 3. >> WE HAVE SEEN A BUNCH OF PEOPLE IN THAT BUNKER. >> BRYSON TEED AT 4. HE REACHED 16 HERE AND HAS
ANOTHER CHANCE FOR BIRDIE. THAT INCLUDES ONE BOGEY. OPENED UP A TWO-STROKE LEAD AS IT STANDS OVER DUSTIN JOHNSON. HERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IT THREE. >> I WILL TELL YOU WHAT, ARLO. HE IS NOT HOLDING PACK. HE IS ATTACKING EVERY PIN TODAY.
SHOWING NO FEAR. JUST CONFIDENCE. IN HIS GAME. RIGHT TO LEFT PUTT. >> IS THIS GREENBRIER ALL OVER AG AGAIN? >> JUST THINKING 13 HOLES IN ROUND TWO. BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU HAS BIRDIED NINE OF THEM. 11 UNDER IN PRESIDENT COMPETITION.
HE LEADS BY 3. >> HE JUST GETS INTO THAT GROOVE. AND HE IS VIRTUALLY UNSTOPPABLE. >> BIRDIE AT 14. >> OVER THE HUMP. THE 15, THE BRIDGE THAT RUNS THROUGH THE CENTER OF THIS GREEN. ANIRBAN LAHIRI. >> SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN IN
THIS POSITION, DAVID. ONLY ABOUT SEVEN YARDS TO THE PIN FOR HIS THIRD. HE JUST — JUST DIDN’T COME OUT RIGHT, AND IT CAUGHT THE SLOPE. TOOK IT AWAY FROM THE PIN. THIS IS A TOUGH ONE TO JUDGE. >> GOING TO PICK UP SPEED.
NEEDS TO SLOW DOWN. >> POULTER IS A MAJESTICKS. 1 UNDER PAR FOR HIS TOURNAMENT IN VEGAS. THIS IS BIRDIE AT 4. LOOKED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STOP AND TAMPA DIDN’T. IT ROLL IN. AND ANDY OGLETREE, WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES ORDER HE
MERITS, PROMOTED TO IT THE LIV GOLF LEAGUE OF 2024. MEMBER OF THE HYFLYERS. THAT HIS BIRDIE AT 9. >> ALL RIGHT, BUDDY, LET’S SEE IT. >> JON RAHM PLAYING THE 18th. STARTED ON NUMBER 6. >>. HE STILL HAS THE EASIEST HOLE
ON THE COURSE AHEAD OF HIM. NUMBER 1, THE PAR 5 AS WELL. >> BACKSTOP BEHIND THE FLAG. >> OF COURSE IT COMES OUT PERFECT. >> THAT DOES — >> IT’S MUDDY! >> OKAY. NOT USUALLY A GOOD SIGN. >> PAUL CASEY FOR A WELCOME
BIRDIE HERE AT 14. YES. NOT QUITE AS FLUENT AS HIS OPENING ROUNDS OF 64 FOR PAUL CASEY. 7 UNDER PAR WITHIN FOUR OF THE LE LEAD. >> THE THIRD TEAM IN THREE YEARS FOR TALOR GOOCH. PART OF THE CHAMPION 4ACES IN YEAR ONE.
HE WAS THE INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION AND NOW WITH TEAM SMASH. PETER UIHLEIN HAS A CHANCE TO GET TO 8 UNDER PAR AND TIE FOR SECOND DUSTIN JOHNSON BEHIND BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU. AND HE TAKES IT. >> CHECK IN ON ADRIAN MERONK ON THE SCREEN ON 12.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE ELVIS RESIDENCY BEFORE IT WAS THE RESIDENCY IN THE HILTON. LAS VEGAS IS FAMOUS FOR SOMETHING ELSE. A LOT OF — BACK IN THE DAY, THIS WAS THE HOME OF SO MANY OF THE HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE BETS.
WE HAVE ONE ON THE CARDS TOMORROW RIGHT HERE. BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU, JOHNSON, RAHM SNEAKING UP THERE. >> THERE WAS A TIME WHEN CAESAR’S PALACE WAS A MECCA FOR HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE FIGHTS. >> AT THE HILTON. A COUPLE OF FEW AT THE CONVENTION CENTER.
MY LIFETIME, I LIVED HERE WHEN EVIL KNIEVEL TRIED TO JUMP THE FOUNTAINS AT CAESAR PALACE AND BROKE EVERY SINGLE BONE IN HIS BO BODY. >> TAKE YOU TO THE 15th FAIRWAY. MATTHEW WOLFF. SECOND SHOT. THE PAR 5. >> COME ON. HOOK! HOOK!
>> ASKING IT TO DRAW. >> TYRRELL HATTON. EVEN PAR ON THE GROUND TODAY. STUCK IN NEUTRAL. >> BATTLE OF THE BEARDS BETWEEN HIM AND D.J. >> SAVED. >> OVERJOY ED. >> TAKE YOU TO THE 12th HOLE WITH DUSTIN JOHNSON.
THIS FOR PAR. >> HE PLAYED A BEAUTIFUL BUNKER SHOT HERE. >> BUBBA, TAKING A LOOK FROM THE FAIRWAY. >> BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU IS TAKING MOST OF THE HEADLINE SO FAR TODAY. 8 UNDER 13. D.J. 5 UNDER FOR HIS ROUND TODAY.
ALSO ON 13, THREE BACK FROM DeCHAMBEAU. >> THE TEE AT 16. BACK FROM OUR LEADER BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU. >> NEEDS THE DISTANCE. >> HE HAS GOT IT. >> NEXT UP IS TALOR GOOCH. >> 7th LAST EVEN IN OUR PENULTIMATE SEASON IN CHICAGO
AND SECOND IN A PLAYOFF TO BROOKS KOEPKA IN JEDDAH, AND THIS MEANT HE WAS CROWNED INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION AHEAD OF CAM SMITH. BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU IS HAVING ONE OF THOSE DAYS TODAY. HE IS 8 UNDER PAR THROUGH 13 HOLES. ANOTHER REMARKABLE ROUNDS OF
GOLF FROM THIS MAN. SECOND SHOT AT 14. HIS THIRD SHOT AT 15. ANOTHER BIRDIE THERE. HE TEED EARLIER ON HOLE NUMBER 4 AND FINISH AT 3. THIS IS HIS BIRDIE AT 16. HE STILL HAS ONE PAR 5 TO PLAY
AND THIS IS HIS SECOND SHOT AT 17. >> HE HAS A PRETTY CLEAR SHOT. HAS NO MORE THAN A WEDGE. NO PROBLEMS CARRYING THE TREES IN FRONT OF HIM. AND TODAY’S HOLE LOCATION IN THE BACK RIGHT. GIVES THEM A LITTLE MORE ROOM. BETTER ANGLE.
>> LOOKS LIKE IT IS A LITTLE IN THE GREEN, SUE ANN. SEEMS LIKE IT MAY FLUTTER OUT OF HERE INSTEAD OF JUMPING. >> YEAH. >> BUT HE HAS SOME STRENGTH. >> JON RAHM AT 18 FOR BIRDIE. WASN’T PLEASED WITH HIS SECOND
SHOT TO SAY THE LEAST. >> FIRM ENOUGH. >> ABRAHAM ANCER IS HAVING A FINE WEEK SO FAR. THIS FOR BIRDIE AT 10 A FEW MINUTES AGO TO GET IT TO 6 UNDER PAR. TOOK A WHILE TO GET GOING LAST SEASON, ABRAHAM ANCER, BUT AN
EXCELLENT SECOND HALF TO THE SEASON. D.J. REACHED THE TEE AT 13. >> 15 AND BUBBA FOR BIRDIE FROM 15. HE IS DISAPPOINTED WITH PAR. >> MICKELSON, HIS SECOND DOWN AT 6. 2 UNDER FOR THE TOURNAMENT. NEARLY JARS IT ON THE FLY.
A FEW INCHES BEHIND. FORTUNATE IT MISSED THE FLAG STICK. JUST THREE FEET AWAY FOR BIRDIE. >> WELL, MATTHEW WOLFF DID NOT PLAY A PARTICULARLY GOOD PITCH SHOT FROM BEHIND THE GREEN AS THIS LEFT FOR BIRDIE. >> THE PUTTER WILL MAKE UP FOR
ANY FUMBLES ON THE GREEN. THAT CERTAINLY HELPS. BROOKS AT THE FIRST. THAT IS HIS THIRD SHOT ON THE PAR 5. HARD NO KNOW WHETHER THAT WAS LUCKY OR NOT. >> ALMOST LIKE IT HIT THE TOP OF THE FLAG STICK AND RIGHT INTO THE FLAG.
HIT THE FLAG STICK ITSELF WITHOUT THE FLAG. I THINK THAT RICK SHEA RICOCHETTED FARTHER AWAY. >> JASON KOKRAK FOR SMASH GC FOR PAR TODAY. SMASH IN FOURTH PLACE, TWO SHOTS OUTSIDE THE PODIUM AT THE MOM MOMENT. >> WAS LITTLE ENERGETIC.
>> BRYSON AT THE 17th. SUCH A HUGE ADVANTAGE FOR HIM. YOU DO MISS FAIRWAYS OUT HERE. HE BOPS IT IS SO FAR DOWN. HAS A WEDGE WHICH MAKES THINGS LITTLE SIMPLER. FIRST TEN FEET OF THIS PUTT WILL PUSH RIGHT. STRAIGHTEN OUT IN THE LAST 15
FE FEET. >> STANDS PRETTY QUICKLY AFTER THIS ONE. NOT A BAD PUTT THOUGH. >> CAM SMITH IS CREEPING UP THE PYLON. IF THE FORMER OPEN CHAMPION IS CAPABLE OF CREEPING UP THE PYLON. WHEN HE STARTS DRAINING PUTTS, EVERYBODY NOTICES, 6 UNDER PAR,
THE RIPPER GC CAPTAIN. >> DJ AT 13. HE KNEW IT WAS AS LITTLE SHY IN THE AIR . >> A FEW MOMENTS AGO, PETER UIHLEIN FOR BIRDIE AT 16. >> STAYS THREE BACK OF DeCHAMBEAU. NOW LIVE. TALOR GOOCH FOR BIRDIE.
>> YEAH, LOVELY TEE SHOT AND USE THE BACK EDGE OF THE GREEN TO BRING THE BALL BACK SIX FEET CLOSER THAN THE HOLE. A GOOD OPPORTUNITY. IT WILL GET IT TO THE HOLE. DOWNHILL ALL THE WAY. STARTED DEAD STRAIGHT BUT IT WENT RIGHT ON HIM.
>> WELL, THE LIV GOLF LEAGUE HAD A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL PLAYOFFS, BUT NOTHING LIKE THE FOUR-HOLE ONE THAT ENDED IN DARKNESS LAST WEEKEND BETWEEN SERGIO GARCIA AND JOAQUIN NIEMANN. >> 57 HOLES DOWN. AND THEY STILL CAN’T BE ACCEPT RATED. AND NOW IT IS DECISION TIME.
>> WE ASKED THE PLAYERS, HEY, COME BACK TOMORROW MORNING AT 9 A.M. AND FINISH THIS. >> YEAH, IT WAS GETTING DARK. AND I WAS LIKE, WE GOT TO FINISH THIS TODAY. >> DEFINITELY A LOT OF ENERGY ON THE 18th GREEN IN MONACO.
ENCOURAGING THEM TO GIVE A LITTLE MORE. >> LOOKING AT ME SAYING I AM GOOD IF YOU ARE GOOD. IF YOU WANT TO PLAY ONE MORE. >> HERE THEY GO. >> HERE THEY GO! >> AND WE GO AGAIN FOR A FOURTH PLAYOFF HOLE.
>> GREAT DRIVE. AND THAT — THAT PUT HIM IN GREAT POSITION. WE HAD A GOOD IDEA. BUT YOU COULDN’T — YOU COULDN’T REALLY SEE THE FLAG. UNFORTUNATELY, DIDN’T HIT — DIDN’T HIT A GOOD SECOND SHOT. >> MILES, RIGHT. >> WOULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH
BETTER IN THE SAND. >> PRETTY DARK, BUT GOOD THING YOU WERE TIME SEE THE GREEN BECAUSE OF THE SCREEN THAT THEY HAD. DID A GREAT SHOT. >> YEAH, IT LOOKED LIKE IT MIGHT — SOMETHING LIKE THAT. >> HAD TO MAKE THIS PUTT.
DIDN’T WANT TO WAIT AND SEE IF BELL MAKE IT OR MISS IT. >> AND STUNNING SHOW OF CHARACTER FROM JOAQUIN NIEMANN! >> OBVIOUSLY HE MADE A GREAT BIRDIE. >> THAT PRESSURE FOR A TOURNAMENT AND MISSING IT FOR A WHILE.
I SAID I WILL ENJOY IT. >> IT WAS GREAT. >> GOOD FOR BOTH OF THEM BECAUSE THE EASIEST THING IN THE WORLD AFTER THREE PLAYOFF HOLES TO SHAKE HANDS AND SAY WE WILL FINISH THIS THING OFF. BOTH CAUGHT IN THE MOMENT. JOAQUIN NIEMANN FOR EAGLE.
A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO 7 UNDER PAR AND HE IS NOT OUT OF IT IN LAS VEGAS EITHER BUT REAL SPORTING THEATRE IN THE FOURTH PLAYOFF HOLE IN VIRTUAL DARKNESS AS SAW AND JOAQUIN NIEMANN WAS THE 15TH INDIVIDUAL WINNER. BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU AT THE TEE AT
18. 8 UNDER PAR THROUGH 14. THE PAR IS 70. HE HAS FOUR HOLES REMAINING INCLUDING THIS ONE. INCLUDING A PAR 5. JUST SAYING. >> HE NEEDS TO PLAY THOSE FOUR HOLES IN FOUR UNDER IN ORDER TO BREAK 60.
>> WOLFFY ON THE TEE AT 15. [ APPLAUSE ] >> MOMENTS AGO, PHIL MICKELSON FOR BIRDIE AT 6. WE SHOW IS YOU HIS APPROACH SHOT. PHIL, 3 UNDER PAR. >> D.J. WAS NOT — NOT HAPPY WITH HIS SECOND SHOT HERE AT 13.
AND HE HAS THIS TO GET WITHIN TWO. >> YEAH. BUBBA ON THE 16th. YEAH. OH, FABULOUS SHOT. DELIGHTFUL FROM BUBBA WATSON. CALLE WON IN ABU DHABI. CAMERON IS ON THE HYFLYERS WITH CAMERON WITH A BIRDIE AT 2 AS WELL AND A SALUTE TO THE GALLERY.
>> THIS IS A GREEN AT 15. IT WILL BE HAROLD VARNER NEXT. HV3 FROM MILES AWAY FOR BIRDIE. GOOD PUTT. BIRDIE AT 13. D.J. HAS LEFT HIMSELF A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN HE WANTED HERE AT 13. >> BROTHER A.J. WILL STRADDLE THE LINE. SEE WHICH FOOT IS HIGHER THAN THE OTHER.
>> BE NEXT TO THE GREEN AT 16. MATTHEW WOLFF FOR BIRDIE GETTING HIM IN A TIE FOR SECOND PLACE WITH D. ARE TO D.J. AND PETER UIHLEIN. SO RANGEGOATS WITH THE CRUSHERS ON 23 UNDER PAR. >> TALOR GOOCH FROM THE LEFT DROPPING 17. >> A NICE BACK OUT KICK OUT FROM THE ROUGH.
PETER UIHLEIN NOT MUCH ROOM WHERE THIS IS BEING WAIT ANDED ANGLE HE’S COMING IN FROM. THERE’S A GREAT SHOT OF SIMILAR DISTANCE FROM THE 15th. >> YEAH, THAT WILL WORK. THEY’RE ALL CHASING BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU. HIS SECOND SHOT AT 18. >> HOLE LOCATION ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN. EVERYTHING NEEDS TOWARDS THE
HOLE RIGHT OF IT. >> HAS HE WORN THAT GAP WEDGE OUT YET. >> YEAH, I THINK THERE MUST BE. >> WELCOME BACK INSIDE THE MOVE HERE THE LAS VEGAS COUNTRY CLUB DELIGHTED TO BE JOINED BY COMMISSIONER AND C.E.O. OF THE LIV GOLF LEAGUE OF COURSE IT IS GREG NORMAN.
GREG DELIGHTED TO HAVE YOU WITH. BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU WE SAW IT AND YOU FOLLOWED HIM DIDN’T NUT FINAL ROUND. TO BACK UP THAT 61 ON SATURDAY. JUST SENSATIONAL SCENES HE’S AT IT AGAIN. THIS MAN WHEN HE GETS ON A CHARGE IT’S DIFFICULT TO STOP ISN’T HE. >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THIS TYPE OF GOLF COURSE
DAVID JUST MENTIONED ABOUT THE GAP WEDGE BEING WORN OUT. THERE’S NOTHING OFF THE TEE UNLESS HE SPRAYS A LITTLE BIT LEFT TO RIGHT. HE’S A VERY DANGEROUS MATERIAL GUY. HE LOVES THIS TYPE OF AGGRESSIVE GOLF THAT HE’S PLAYING AND HE’S A MAN IN THE LIV GOLF LEAGUE WHO HAD
SLOW START. HAD ONE OR TWO INCHES WITH HIS FORM AS HE TRANSICKED ACROSS THE LIV GOLF LEAGUE. CHANGES DRIVER. 158 AT GREENBRIER CRUSHERS WON THE TITLE AS WELL. THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT HIM AND LIV GOLF THAT REALLY MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. >> WELL, I THINK TAKE HIS PLAY AWAY.
THE TEAM, THE TEAM COMMODITY RODRY AND THE TEAM SPIRIT HE LEANS A LOT ON PAUL CASEY ABOUT HOW THEY CAN APPROACH THINGS. SO I THINK THAT’S ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. THAT ENERGY THAT HE’S BRINGING. >> I GOT TO ASK YOU GREG, AS WELL, ABOUT CALEB SURRATT WHO TRIPLE BOGEYED 17 LAST WEEK.
HIS FIRST PROFESSIONAL EVENT LEGION XIII WERE IN THE MIX FOR THE TEAM TITLE AND HIS RESPONSE HE COULD HAVE GONE EITHER OF TWO WAYS. AND HE BIRDIED HIS FINAL FIVE HOLES AND THEY WON BY FOUR. WHAT A DISPLAY OF STEEL BY THE YOUNG MAN. HE WAS IN THE DORMITORY A COUPLE WEEKS.
ONE THING THAT IMPRESSES ME ABOUT HIM IS HIS MOXIE AND I THINK HIS MOXIE SHOWED UP. KID HAS GAME. JON RAHM RECOGNIZED THAT IN THE KID. LOOK HE HAS A MASSIVE FUTURE AHEAD OF HIM RIGHT NOW. >> TALOR GOOCH. HE WILL BE FOG TALOR AS HE GETS IT TO EIGHT UNDER PAR
INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION, GREG. >> YEAH, I JUST LOVE HIS IRON PLAY. I LIKE TO WATCH TALOR PLAY I THINK HE’S ONE OF THE BEST IRON PLAYERS WE HAVE OUT HERE MAYBE IN GOLF TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. >> WE’RE ACTUALLY SEEING GREG, A LOT OF FRUSTRATION OUT THERE FROM PLAYERS THAT
YOU WOULDN’T NORMALLY SEE IT FROM. THIS GOLF COURSE IS HOLDING ITS OWN. >> THERE’S NO WIND, PERFECT PLAYING CONDITIONS. THE GREENS ARE RECEPTIVE, GREET SPEED, RIGHT. SOME OF THEM NOT PERFORMING SHOOTING UNDER PAR THE WAY THEY SHOULD DO. WHAT BRYSON IS DOING. LIKE PAUL I FOLLOWED HIM A LITTLE BIT TODAY.
IT’S VERY UNUSUAL TO SEE HIS INCONSISTENCY AND THE WAY HE WENT ABOUT IT. HE’S JUST BEEN OUT OF SORTS TODAY. A GOOD SWING THERE WITH MAYBE HALF A CLUB TOO MUCH. JON RAHM IS ROUNDING INTO FORM. HE’S SEVEN UNDER PAR NOW. COULD HE MAKE HIS MOVE FOR TOMORROW IN HIS SECOND LIV
GOLF EVENT. LEGION XIII. HE HAD A CHANCE OF WINNING THE INDIVIDUAL AS WELL. WHEN YOU FAIL ON THE INDIVIDUAL THEN HE CAN COME BACK AND BE UP THERE ON THE PODIUM WITH HIS TEAM THAT’S A REFLECTION OF WHAT THE SPIRIT IS. HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO ABOUT THAT BITTERSWEET MOMENT
BECAUSE HE BOGEYED FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THREE DAYS. 17 AND 18. HAD HE JUST HE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE PLAYOFFS. HE HAD THAT FRUSTRATION ABOUT HIM. THEN HE REALIZED THAT TYRRELL HATTON AND SURRATT WERE DOING THE BUSINESS AND HE ENDED UP SPRAYING CHAMPAGNE. THAT’S LIV GOLF IN A NUTSHELL.
>> NO, I DON’T GO TALK ABOUT THE BAD PAST I TALK ABOUT THE GOOD PAST SO I DIDN’T BRING IT UP WITH HIM AT ALL. >> HE’S CONTINUED TO BE FRUSTRATED TODAY. A LOT OF THE TIME AND STILL YOU KNOW RIGHT IN THERE. WE TALKED ABOUT A HIS GOLF
SWING LAST WEEK I DID WALK AROUND. HE KNOWS HE’S GOT HE’S A LITTLE STEEP, DAVID, HITTING THE BALL HIGH ON THE CLUB FACE, MAYBE ONE GROOVE TOO HIGH THAT’S WHY HIS BALL FLIGHT IS NOT THE WAY HE WANTS IT TO BE. >> BRYSON IS THE MAN OF THE MOMENT.
HIS LEAD OVER PETER UIHLEIN IS 2. HE STARTED THE DAY THREE UNDER PAR HE’S NOW 11 UNDER PAR. HE TEED OFF AT 4. THIS IS AT 18. >> THIS IS HOLE IS CUT IN THE FURROW THAT RUNS FROM RIGHT TO LEFT ON THIS 18th GREEN. >> I HAVEN’T SEEN ONE PERSON
READ THE PUTT YET RIGHT. THEY THINK IT’S GOING TO BRING TO BRYSON’S RIGHT RIGHT NOW THE REST OF THE PLAYERS TO THEIR LEFT NOT ONE PERSON HAS READ THIS RIGHT. >> THEY’RE DIFFICULT TO READ THERE’S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. WE’VE SEEN A LOT OF HEAD SCRATCHING. >> MEANWHILE AT 16 THE PAR
3, PAUL CASEY FOR WHAT WOULD BE A VERY WELCOME BIRDIE. WITH HAROLD VARNER III BOTH HAVE STRUGGLED SOMEWHAT TODAY. NOW ON THE 18th TEE AND PETER UIHLEIN. >> HE SMASHES IT. >> YEAH, HE DOES. AND STRAIGHT, TOO. AND EVEN THOMAS PIETERS. PEOPLE STAY HEART BACK AFTER A TRIO OF 65 RIGHT NOW IT’S
BUBBA WHO IS ONE UNDER BUT THE GOATS HAVE A LEAD OF ONE. PAT DROVE IT INTO THE LEFT SIDE CLOSE TO WHERE THE FAN VILLAGES TOOK A LITTLE WHILE WHICH IS WHAT BRYSON WAS WAITING FOR. MAKE SURE HE WAS ALSO WAITING FOR PAT TO PUTT SO HE COULD GET A READ BOTH HIM
AND GRAEME JUMPING IN QUICKLY. >> PHIL FOR BACK-TO-BACK BIRDIES. >> HE COULD BRYSON TO GET TO 12 UNDER PAR. HE SHOULD HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA WHAT THIS PUTT IS GOING TO DO. IT DOESN’T DO VERY MUCH AT THE BEGINNING AND GOES RIGHT AT THE END. GREG WHAT DO YOU THINK HIS
MIND-SET IS LIKE RIGHT NOW WHEN YOU ARE SHOOTING SO LOW AND YOU’RE PLAYING SO WELL. WHAT’S GOING THROUGH HIS MIND, YOU THINK. JUST KEEP THE HABIT DOWN AND SUCK THAT UP GO GO JUICE HE FEEL HE HAS A GREAT FEEL FOR THE GREENS. OBVIOUSLY HE’S DRIVING THE BALL FANTASTIC.
HIS MIND-SET WILL BE I’M GOING TO GO AS LOW AS I POSSIBLY CAN. DUSTIN JOHNSON HE IS WITHIN THREE OF THE LEAD. HIS SECOND AT 14. THERE’S BRYSON AND HE WILL HEAD TO THE FIRST T WITH A TWO STROKE LEAD. >> OVER AT 13 CAM SMITH A LOVELY SHOT RIPPER G.C. TEAMMATE.
RIPPER AT THE MOMENT IN SEVENTH PLACE THEY’RE SIX SHOTS OFF THE PODIUM BUT ALL FOUR SCORES WILL COUNT TOMORROW ON CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY. SO WE CAN ALL CHANGE VERY QUICKLY. TYRRELL HATTON OF LEGION XIII AT 30 AT THE THEY ARE GOING TO BE CHALLENGING AGAIN IN THE FINAL ROUND. >> MATTHEW WOLFF SEEMS JUST
SO MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE. >> HE IS, DAVID HE’S FOUND A GOOD PLACE. OBVIOUSLY WE ALL KNOW LAST YEAR AND LED THE CHEMISTRY THAT WASN’T THERE. NIECE A REALLY GOOD PLACE NOW. THIS IS FIRST TEAM. >> IT’S A PAR 5. BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU. >> AT PEREZ HAS THE HONOR. THE TEE AT 18.
PAT PEREZ IS THREE UNDER PAR FOR THE COMPETITION HAD A ROCKY START TO HIS SECOND ROUND. HE WAS 4 OVER AFTER HIS FIRST SIX HOLES YOU MISS IT WAY LEFT ON THE 18 HOLDING HOPING FOR A BETTER DRIVE HERE. THAT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD. COUNTING FOR THE 4ACES IN
ROUND TWO LEVEL PAR FOR THE DAY. JON RAHM AT 2. SECOND SHOT. >> WE STAND BACK. IT’S LIKE A PAR 4 I DON’T KNOW IF YOU HIT ANYTHING LONGER THAN A 9 IRON. >> HE TOOK AN EXTRA LEAP AT THAT ONE. OUT OF BOUNDS IS VERY CLOSE OVER THERE, TOO, DAVID.
>> DUSTIN JOHNSON IS STALKING THIS. DUSTIN JOHNSON IS ENJOYING A FINE SECOND ROUND AT THE LAS VEGAS COUNTRY CLUB. HE HAS ANOTHER BIRDIE TUNNEL. HERE AT 14 THIS WOULD GET HIM TO WITHIN TWO 84 OF LEADER BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU. 4ACES WERE EMBARRASSED ABOUT THEIR EFFORT IN MEXICO, AN UNCHARACTERISTIC 12th
PLACE FOR THEM OUT OF 13. THEY BOUNCED BACK SUCCESSFULLY HERE SO FAR. >> YEAH I THINK THERE’S A BIT OF A CONVERSATION HAD ON THE PLANE FLIGHT FROM MEXICO TO LAS VEGAS, I CAN TELL YOU THAT. >> I WOULD HAVE NO HAROLD VARNER 54th THEY ARE AN ALPHA TEAM.
LET’S FACE IT THE 4ACES. HERE’S LAHIRI. >> THAT’S HIS THIRD SHOT THOUGH DROVE IT IN THE BUNKER. MATTHEW WOLFF FOR BIRDIE OVER AT 17. YES, EXACTLY HE’S NOW THREE BACK. THAT MIGHT HAVE CAUGHT THE LEFT EDGE AND TOPPLED IN. CAM FOR BIRDIE AT 13. >> BREAKING HIS TEE SHOT RELIEF FROM ALL THE
OBSTRUCTION. APPRECIATE UIHLEIN NEXT AFTER A FABULOUS TEE SHOT A GOOD BIRDIE OPPORTUNITY HE CAN HIT THE SAME WEDGE-TYPE SHOTS THAT HE HIT ON THE LAST TWO. >> BROOKS WITH HIS SECOND SHOT AT THE THIRD. >> NOW A BRAND NEW TEAM WITH FANTASTIC NEW MERCHANDISE NEW PLAYERS FOR WHICH TO CHEER FAMILIAR TEAMS WITH
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THERE ARE NO RIPPER GC SMUGGLERS REMAINING THEY ARE ALL SOLDOUT. >> LUCAS HERBERT’S CADDY OR DAVID LETTERMAN I CAN’T QUITE DECIDE. >> WHAT A CHARACTER. FATHER TIME. HE’S TWO UNDER PAR THE ORIGINAL THREE RIPPER GC CLIMB THE PILE ON PYLON. FOR BRYSON HERE YEAH, THEY’RE PLAYING AT PAR OR
UNDER YOU KNOW THIS NEXT FEW HOLES ESPECIALLY THE FIRST YOU KNOW AS A HOLE THAT THEY REALLY, REALLY WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF JUST THE TWO PAR 5s HERE. SECOND HOLE PLAYING AT EVEN PAR. THIRD JUST UNDER. THEY’RE NOT DIFFICULT THEY CAN HIT DRIVERS ESPECIALLY ON THE SHORTER HOLES THREE
AND FOUR THEY CAN REALLY PUMMEL IT DOWN THERE WHERE THEY JUST HAVE A LITTLE GAP WEDGE. >> JOAQUIN NEIMANN HAS HE GOT ENOUGH. WE JUST SHOWED IT A FEW MOMENTS AGO, GREG WHERE THEY SHOOK HANDS AND SAID YEAH, LET’S GO AGAIN. WITH THE FOURTH PLAYOFF HOLE IN VIRTUAL DARKNESS.
THE WHOLE SCENE WAS ICON NICK OUR YOUNG LIV GOLF LIFE. >> THAT WAS AMAZING. TELEVISION JUST MADE IT LOOK BRIGHTER THAN EVER. BYLINING UP THE SCOREBOARD JUST LIT UP THE 18th GREEN BUT I THOUGHT THAT WAS IN SUCH A COOL SCENE WITH THE SUN SETTING. I THINK SERGIO WAS KIND OF
EMBARRASSED DEBATING WHETHER TO GO BACK ONE MORE HOLE AND THE GALLERY WOULD JUST GO ONE MORE HOLE. ONE MORE HOLE. WHAT CAN YOU DO. SAY NO. >> YEAH, REALLY. ALL THE WAY UP THERE FROM THE BUNKER HE WILL NOT BE HAPPY WITH THAT. I AGREE WITH THAT DAVID. 18th GREEN TALOR GOOCH HAS
PLAYED HIMSELF INTO CONTENTION IN LAS VEGAS. YEAH HE HAS BEEN WORKING ON HIS GAME THEY HAVE BEEN GOING OVER TO FULL RANGE HIT A LOT OF DRIVERS. >> YEAH DID HIS TEE SHOT HIT A TREE? >> BROOKS KOEPKA TRYING TO MAKE A BEFORE CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY. SMASH GC OF COURSE.
BIG MAN HAS BEEN QUIET. HE’S THAT WAS HIS BIRDIE AT 4. AND SMASH ARE 19 UNDER TWO SHOTS BEHIND THE 4ACES FOR A PLACE ON THE PODIUM. >> WOW. DIDN’T EXPECT TO SEE THIS. WITH UIHLEIN. >> OFF THE GREEN. >> HE’S GOT A STRAIGHT FACED CLUB OUT THERE.
>> THAT’S ONE OF HIS WEDGES. >> HE’S GOING TO BELLY IT. IT MUST BE LYING KIND OF FUNKY. >> NO HE STILL HAS THE PUTTER. THAT WAS STRANGE. DUSTIN JOHNSON ON THE TEE AT 17. >> THE GUYS WERE COMPLAINING THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOME ON THE BACK. >> WHERE HE WAS GOING TO
MAKE CONTACT. >> THE RANGEGOATS HAVE BEEN CHEWING UP THE LAS VEGAS COUNTRY CLUB. >> I’M NOT ONE TO SAY I TOLD YOU SO. TWO CLEAR OF THE TOP. HE’S IN THE MIX FOR THE INDIVIDUAL TITLE HERE THOMAS PETERS HAS FOUND HIS FORM HERE IN VEGAS. WOLFFY THREE UNDER TODAY EIGHT UNDER FOR THE
COMPETITION AND THE RANGEGOATS LEAD BY 2. >> A MOMENT AGO HAROLD VARNER THAT ONE JUST GLIDES BY THE LEFT EDGE. >> I’M SURE WE’LL CATCH UP BEFORE TOO LONG. LIV GOLF LAS VEGAS WILL BE BACK IN A FEW MOMENTS TIME. BRYSON HIS THIRD SHOT HERE IN 1. HE’S NOT HAPPY WHEN HE’S
WALKING TOWARDS THE BUNKER HE HAD SOME WORDS WITH HIMSELF. HOLE LOCATION IS IN A TRICKY POSITION TODAY ALL THE WAY BACK I GOT TO WATCH FOR THAT FIRST BOUNCE. OFF THE PIN. >> THAT’S KIND OF PUT A — >> HE IS ON FIRST. MATTHEW WOLFF WITH HIS SECOND SHOT AT 18.
>> IT’S A HUGE TEE SHOT DOWN HERE. >> TAKES ADVANTAGE OF IT. JON RAHM HIS SECOND SHOT AT THREE. HE’S SEVEN UNDER PAR FOR THE COMPETITION. JUST FOUR BEHIND BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU WOULD IS HAVING A FABULOUS SECOND ROUND SO FAR. THAT’S NICELY DONE BY JON RAHM AND A BIRDIE OPPORTUNITY THERE.
HE’S GOING AT THE 15th GREEN THAT IS IT TAKES A HUGE BOUNCE A LITTLE UNLUCKY THERE, MAYBE. >> NEXT TO THE FIRST GREEN WE’RE ON BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU WATCH HE HAS OPENED UP TO TWO SHOT ADVANTAGE AT THE TOP OF THE PYLON. HIS CRUSHERS ARE IN SECOND PLACE. WHAT’S THE SITUATION DOWN THERE?
>> YEAH, HE’S NOT HAPPY THAT HE DIDN’T TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF HIS LEGS HERE ON THE FIRST. MISSED A FAIRWAY HAD TO LAY UP. DIDN’T HIT A GOOD WEDGE SHOTS INTO THE GREEN. HE SAID YESTERDAY IN HIS POST ROUND INTERVIEW THEY WERE PRETTY GOOD TODAY. SHOT HERE AT THE FIRST.
>> WHILST WE WAIT FOR GRAEME WHY DON’T WE TAKE YOU TO THE 18th GREEN. BUBBA WATSON. >> BUBBA HAS LEFT IT DOWN THE SLOPE. HE STRUGGLED EARLY TODAY BUBBA AFTER HIS OPENING ROUND 65 BUT HE’S ONE UNDER PAR HERE ON FRIDAY NOW. >> ABOUT TO BREAK TO THE LEFT.
IF IT DESCENDS THERE IT G GOES. JUST ABOUT GOT THAT TO THE TOP OF THE SLOPE AND TOPPLED OVER AND STILL ALMOST GOT THERE. JON RAHM A BIRDIE AT THREE LOOK OUT THE MASTERS CHAMPION IS EIGHT UNDER PAR HE’S TO WITHIN THREE OF BRYSON DECHAMBEAU. I’M NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO TOMORROW, MUCH.
>> NO. NO. NOT AT ALL. DeCHAMBEAU, D.J., OUR CHAMPION GOOCH OFF. TURN IT UP TODAY WITH THE SCORING CONDITIONS. NO WIND. BRYSON HAS A DOUBLE BREAKER HERE. HE’S MAINLY GOING TO MOVE TO HIS RIGHT. MATTHEW WOLFF CAN GET IT TO 9 UNDER HERE AT 18. >> HAS TO TURN LEFT. ABSOLUTELY.
YOU WOULDN’T BET ON CAM SMITH GOING LOW ON THE FINAL DAY YOU SAW HIM GETTING TO 7 UNDER PAR THESE HOW WE DID IT. BIRDIE AT 14. WOW. THERE IS SO MUCH HAPPENING THERE IS SO MANY STORY LINES, SO MANY STRANDS HERE IN THE CLOSING STAGES OF DAY
TWO OF LIV GOLF LAS VEGAS. WE ARE UNASHAMEDLY ON SUB60 WATCH AGAIN. HE HAS JUST MISSED THAT OPPORTUNITY AT THE PAR 5. >> HE’S GOING LOW. THAT FIRST SHOT HAS ROBBED HIM. WE’LL SEE WHAT HIS TEE SHOT LOOKS LIKE AT THE NEXT. I MEAN HE CAN STILL SHOOT 61, 62, WITHOUT QUESTION.
AS GREG SAID HE’S ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS GOLF COURSE IN A WAY OTHERS CAN’T. IT IS A TIGHT COURSE IF HE SPRAYED IT AT ALL IT WOULDN’T PLAY TO HIS STRENGTHS BUT HE HAS OBVIOUSLY DIED IN WITH THE FULL SWING VERY WELL. >> WELL, HE’S EIGHT UNDER
WITH A COUPLE TO PLAY ON DAY 2. TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF HIS HIGHLIGHTS, BIRDIED HIS FIRST HOLE THE 4th. THE CRUSHERS ARE GOING REALLY WELL AS WELL. LEVEL WITH THE RANGEGOATS ON 24 UNDER. WE SEE BRYSON DO THIS BEFORE. 61 IN ROUND 2 FOLLOWED THAT UP WITH QUITE A SENSATIONAL
58 TO WIN HIS FIRST LIV GOLF TITLE THAT WAS HILLS SECOND AT 14. HE WAS ABSOLUTELY CRUISING AT THIS STAGE. THEN HIS THIRD SHOT INTO 15. HE HAS TAKEN CONTROL OF MATTERS HERE ON DAY TWO AND HE HAS REACHED THE SECOND TEE. TWO TO PLAY FOR BRYSON. HE LEADS BY 2.
>> AS DAVID SAID, >> 188. >> THAT’S HEADED LEFT. >> ITS SEEMS TO BE SITTING UP. >> SO BRYSON HAS A HOLE AND A HALF TO PLAY. WHEN WE LOOK AT TOMORROW, AND IT’S FAR FROM A DONE DEAL WHERE IS THE MAIN THREAT TO BRYSON DECHAMBEAU GOING TO COME FROM?
>> WELL, WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT BRYSON WHAT’S GOING THROUGH HIS MIND RIGHT NOW ISN’T BREAKING 60 IT’S TRYING TO DISTANCE HIMSELF AS MUCH AS HE CAN FROM THOSE OTHER GUYS. HE HAS UIHLEIN BEHIND HIM YOU KNOW HOW GOOD A PLAYER HE IS. MAYBE NOT THE PEDIGREE OF A
JOHNSON OR EVEN GOOCH FROM LAST YEAR, AND CERTAINLY NOT RAHM BUT ALL THOSE GUYS. EVERY ONE HAS A CHANCE THEY GOOCH NOT THE LONGEST THE REST ARE ALL VERY, VERY LONG PLAYERS ON THIS COURSE. >> YEAH, THEY ARE. THEY CAN DRIVE IT PAST ALL OF THE TROUBLE. GOOCH MAYBE NOT SO MUCH.
BUT YOU KNOW HE MAKES UP FOR IT. >> YES HE DOES. FOR 100 YARDS IN. THEY SHOULD GO ALL THE WAY AS WELL. HERE’S HATTON HE’S 6 UNDER PAR. REMEMBER HE WENT VERY LOW IN MEXICO IN THE FINAL ROUND OF 64 THE LAST ROUND OF THE DAY AND LOOK AT THAT.
THAT’S HOW HE GOT TO 6 UNDER PAR AN EAGLE FOR TYRRELL HATTON. GREAT NEWS FOR LEGION XIII AS WELL. HE’S IN THE MIX. >> D.J. WITH A LITTLE EAGLE CHIP HERE STILL DID OK. >> DUSTIN JOHNSON WITH A GREAT C NCE AT GETTING WITHIN TWO OF BRYSON DECHAMBEAU.
>> YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE 11th HOLE. MARTIN KAYMER CAPTAIN OF THE CLEEKS. SECOND SHOT. ONE OVER PAR FOR HIS WEEK SO FAR. THE CLEEKS ARE IN NINTH PLACE. D.J. MADE HIS BIRDIE AND EUGENE 0 CHA CARRA HE IS THREE CHARLES HOWELL III HAD A SOLID WEEK LAST WEEK THE
CRUSHERS FINISHED THEY WILL HAVE A BIG DAY THAT’S HIS SECOND BUT THE CRUSHERS AT THE MOMENT TIED FOR TOP SPOT WITH THE RANGEGOATS. >> PIETERS HAS ONE FOR PAR. TALOR GOOCH WAS STANDING OVER HIS SECOND SHOT I WAS STANDING NEXT TO PETER UIHLEIN I SAID I CAN’T BELIEVE HE’S IN THIS CLUB.
PETER SAID I CAN THE GUY MADE $38 MILLION LAST YEAR. >> FAIR ENOUGH. [LAUGHTER] PAUL CASEY. STARTED THE DAY TIED ON THE OPENING DAY. HE ACTUALLY BIRDIED HIS FIRST HOLE THE FIRST EARLIER ON IT HAS BEEN SOMETHING OF A STRUGGLE SINCE BUT A CHANCE HERE TO GET IT BACK
TO 7 UNDER PAR. IT’S NOT COUNTING AT THE MOMENT. >> HOW ABOUT THE TOP SEVEN IN THE TEAM COMPETITION SEPARATED BY JUST SEVEN SHOTS RIGHT NOW. ALL FOUR SCORES WILL COUNT TOMORROW. IT COULD BE A WILD ONE. PIETERS FOR PAR. >> THIS IS THE SECOND HOLE AT THE LAS VEGAS COUNTRY
CLUB GRAEME McDOWELL THAT BALL SITTING UP WITH THE HOLE LOCATION. BRYSON PLAYS HIS SHOT. THAT’S PETER UIHLEIN THAT IS BRYSON AT 2. FIREPOWER TO LAUNCH THIS UP IN THE AIR THIS LOOKS PRETTY GOOD. NOW THIS IS FOR PAR AFTER BLOWING THAT SECOND SHOT INTO THE WATER. >> HERE’S D.J. ON THE 16th TEE.
COME BACK A LITTLE. >> TO THE FOURTH AND JON RAHM. T.D. OFF AT 6 TODAY. AROUND THAT PINE TREE COMING OUT OF THE ROUGH JUST SO HARD TO GET THAT SPIN ON THE BALL. IT’S IN COMPETITION PATRICK REED IS COUNTING FOR THE 4ACES WATCHING THE DISPLAY FROM HIM TODAY AFTER HIS 72 YESTERDAY.
AND THIS GOT THE 4ACES INTO A TIE FOR SECOND PLACE. BEAUTIFULLY DONE. A BIRDIE TWO AND 12 WITH PATRICK REED HE IS FOUR UNDER PAR. >> GREAT UP AND DOWN THERE AFTER A BAD PITCH SHOT. WELL, THE LIV GOLF LEAGUE CONTINUES TO IMPROVE ON AN AMAZING ONSITE FAN EXPERIENCE SEE IT FOR
YOURSELF IN 2024. SCAN THAT QR CODE ON THE SCREEN FOR TICKETS TO FUTURE EVENTS. NEXT WE ARE GOING TO HONG KONG AS PART OF A DOUBLEHEADER WE WOULD LOVE YOU TO BE WITHS THERE IN APRIL. WE’RE BACK IN MIAMI LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER GREAT WEEK IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
SCAN THAT QR CODE AND COME AND JOIN THE FUN. >> BROOKS ON THE TEE AT 5. >> BEAUTIFUL. [APPLAUSE] >> BRYSON WHO BIRDIED NINE OF HIS FIRST 13 HOLES TODAY. >> I JUST CAUGHT HIM STARING AT THE LEADERBOARD THAT’S JUST AT THE SIDE OF THE SCREEN. >> LEASE PLATEAUED WITH —
HE’S PLATEAUED WITH THREE CONSECOND FIVE AND HERE’S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY. JUST LOSING A LITTLE OF THE MOMENTUM THAT HE BUILT UP EARLY IN HIS ROUND BUT BRYSON ST. >> BACK AT THE FIRST BUBBA. SHOULD BE ABLE TO REACH THIS GREEN IN 2. >> LOOKS LIKE HE’S PLAYING THE FADE.
>> IT ALWAYS LOOKS LIKE HE’S PLAYING THE FADE. RIGHT INTO THE HEART OF THE GREEN. >> AFTER A HORRIBLE START FOUR OVER THROUGH HIS FIRST SIX HOLES THAT IS FOR BIRDIE. ONE UNDER PAR. THAT GIVES HIMSELF A BIT OF A TELLING OFF. AT THE 16th. THE POL ADRIAN MERONK.
>> JON RAHM HAS A FIRST SHOT HERE AT THE 4th. HE’S HAVING A VERY GOOD DAY. IT’S ABOUT TO GET EVEN BETTER YOU BET IT IS. JON RAHM CHARGING IN LAS VEGAS. HE’S 9 UNDER PAR HE’S TWO BEHIND BRYSON DECHAMBEAU AND HIS MOMENTUM IS WITH THE MASTERS CHAMPION. >> WE ARE BACK.
ON THE TEE AT 3 PAT PEREZ. >> PAT PEREZ PLAYING WITH GRAEME McDOWELL AND OF COURSE BRYSON DECHAMBEAU AND THIS IS THEIR FINAL HOLE. >> JUST AN IRON OFF THIS TEE 269 TO THE SECOND RIGHT BUNKER. HE MISSED LAST TWO FAIRWAYS. CERTAINLY WANTS TO FIND THIS ONE. SHOWED UP ON A GOOD NOTE.
>> THIS IS THE 16th GREEN. DUSTIN JOHNSON MOVING INTO CONTENTION. SIX UNDER PAR SO FAR TODAY HE HAS JUST THE 17ING TO THE PLAY AFTER THIS. IF THIS DROPS HE WILL BE WITHIN ONE OF BRYSON DECHAMBEAU. WE WERE ON SUB60 WATCH FOR BRYSON FOR A LITTLE WHILE FOUR STRAIGHT PARS HE IS
STILL GOING TO GO VERY LOW TODAY WITH ONE HOLE TO PLAY. BUT IT’S SHAPING UP TO BE A CLASSIC FINAL DAY HERE IN LAS VEGAS. D.J. THERE’S GOING TO BE A HUGE PART OF IT. >> JON RAHM DID THIS A FEW MOMENTS AGO. >> THIS WAS NOT AN EASY SHOT.
TINY LITTLE FLOP SHOT JUST PERFECT. >> THAT WAS FOR BIRDIE. HE IS 7 UNDER FOR HIS ROUND AND MOVING WELL INTO CONTENTION AS WELL. RAHM HAS BIRDIED THREE OF HIS LAST FOUR HOLES. A LOVELY SHOT FROM TALOR GOOCH THERE. >> CAM SMITH PLAYING HIS THIRD AT 15. DON’T COUNT THIS MAN OUT YOU
REFERENCED IT EARLIER GUYS. KEEP IT IN FAIRWAY AND THE PUTTER IS AS HOT AS ANYONE IN THE WORLD ON A DAILY BASIS. YOU CAN DRIVE IT IN THE FAIRWAY TOMORROW HE’S DEFINITELY STILL GOT A CHANCE. MATTHEW WOLFF FOR EAGLE AT ONE TO GET IT TO 10 UNDER PAR.
>> THAT DANCE CARD AT THE TOP OF THE PYLON IS GETTING QUITE CROWDED HEADED INTO CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY AS IT ISES. >> THERE’S A MAN WHO LOOKS VERY COMFORTABLE IN HIS OWN SKIN AS A RANGEGOAT MATTHEW WOLFF 9 UNDER. AS WE LOOK AT THE TOP OF THAT PYLON, DAVID, A LOT OF
TIMES ONE ROUND TO PLAY YOU THINK GUYS FIVE OR SIX BACK HAVE AN OUTSIDE CHANCE BUT NOT WHEN YOU HAVE TO PASS THAT MANY PLAYERS AT THAT LEVEL OF SKILL. YEAH, THAT’S MATT JONES. THIS BURNS THE RIGHT EDGE. BROOKS KOEPKA FOR BIRDIE AT 5. HE HAS ONE HOLE TO PLAY AFTER THIS.
OUR LEAD GROUP STARTING THE DAY THAT TEED OFF NUMBER ONE HAS FINISHED AND BEEN IN THE CLUBHOUSE FOR A GOOD 15 MINUTES THAT’S HOW FAST THEY WERE. DOM COMMENTED ON IT EARLIER. >> EVERYBODY IS STILL PLAYING WELL WITHIN THEIR SCHEDULED TIME. [APPLAUSE] HIS TEAM AS WELL SMASH GC20
UNDER PAR FOUR BACK OF THE PODIUM. PETER UIHLEIN FOUND THE WATER WITH HIS TEE SHOT. THIS WILL BE HIS THIRD. JUST TOOK A WHILE TO DETERMINE WHERE IT CROSSED INTO THE PENALTY AREA. HE’S DROPPED IT NOW. >> BRIGHT SONG WITH A SECOND HERE ON THE THIRD HIS FINAL HOLE.
GAP WEDGE HOLE LOCATION IS IN A BIT OF A SMALL BOWL ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS GREEN. YOU CAN CERTAINLY THROW A DART AT THE PIN. >> HE WILL NEED TO THROW THAT GAP WEDGE IN THE REFRIGERATOR TONIGHTS MUCH AS HE’S USED IT. >> WELL, THE BRIGHT LIGHTS
ARE SHINING AT THE TOP OF THE PYLON HERE IN LAS VEGAS, BRYSON DECHAMBEAU HOLDING ONTO A ONE STR E LEA HE’S ON HIS FINAL HOLE OF THE DAY. >> THE FINAL GROUPING TOMORROW D.J., AND THIS MAN HE WAS WEIGHT TITLE FIGHT AT ITS FINEST. JAY SONG KOKRAK ENDED HIS
DAY VERY WELL INDEED. EAGLE AT 1. JASON KOKRAK 8 UNDER PAR GOING INTO THE FINAL ROUND TOMORROW. CAM SMITH FOR BIRDIE AT 15. >> THERE’S SOMETHING YOU DON’T SEE EVERY DAY. >> DUSTIN JOHNSON IS ON THE TEE AT 17. >> WE’RE GOING TO THE SECOND HOLE OF PETER UIHLEIN’S FOURTH.
HE’S GOT AN UPHILL LIE SO THAT HELPS THERE’S ENOUGH ROOM FOR HIM TO WORK WITH. HE NEEDS TO LAND IT THREE, FOUR FEET ON THE GREEN. >> THIS IS A VINCENT BROTHER ON THE GREEN AT 6. WELL, THAT WOULD BE THE IRON HEAD VINCENT SCOTT. HE SAYS THE INTRODUCTION OF
HIS BROTHER KIERAN IS JUST EXTRA MOTIVATION. YOU DON’T WANT TO BE LOSING TO YOUR KID BROTHER. >> HE’S ONE FOR ONE IN TEAM TITLES. A LOOK AT THE THIRD GREEN AND THE FINAL HOLE OF THE DAY FOR OUR LEADER BRYSON DECHAMBEAU. HE’S PACING OUT HIS BIRDIE PUTT AND PEREZ THERE AS WELL.
THERE’S BRIGHT SON. HE HAS SURGED TO TOP OF THE PYLON WITH SOME TYPICALLY BRILLIANT GOLF AND DAY TWO. >> STARTED THE DAY 3 UNDER PAR. PUT THIS ONE AWAY IT WILL BE YET ANOTHER 61 IN ROUND 2 FOR BRYSON DECHAMBEAU. WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENS AFTER HE CARVED A 61.
>> HE DID SAY YESTERDAY HE SAW A 60 OUT HERE. HE CERTAINLY HAS COME CLOSE. HE’LL HAVE TO MAKE DUE WITH A 61. JON RAHM THIS FINAL HOLE. >> LOOK AT THAT. KEEPING IT SIMPLE. LOOKS LIKE A 63 FOR JON RAHM ON DAY 2. A TALOR GOOCH.
THIS IS A FEW MONTHS AGO A BIRDIE AT 2. 66 TODAY FOR TAYLOR GOOCH HE’S 8 UNDER PAR. 17th HOLE FOR THE E.P. WORLD TOUR PLAYER OF THE YEAR ADRIAN MERONK 6 BACK WITH HIS LAST HOLE TO PLAY. D.J. WILL BE NEXT. FINAL ROUND TIME WITH BRYSON DECHAMBEAU HE’S GOT A
REASONABLE CHANCE OF DOING IT. HE DIDN’T SEEM OVERLY HAPPY WITH THAT SWING EITHER. DOM WE’LL SEND IT DOWN TO YOU. >> IT’S A TOUGH WEIGHT LOSS WEEK LOOKS LIKE YOU KNOCKED THE RUST OFF. STILL GOT A LITTLE RUST IN THERE. BUT NO, IT’S BEEN BETTER THE LAST TWO DAYS SCORING HAS
BEEN GOOD, PUTTING HAS BEEN GOOD. BUT YEAH IT’S BEEN BETTER I FEEL LIKE I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PLAY GOLF THIS WEEK WHICH IS NICE. ARE YOU SURPRISED THAT SCORING IS NOT AS CRAZY LOW AS WE ALL THOUGHT IT WOULD BE AT THE START OF THE WEEK. I THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE
SOMEBODY IN THE 50s. IT’S GOT TO BE THE WEATHER YOU HAVE HAD FOUR FINISHES OUT HERE YOU READY FOR THE W TOMORROW. THAT’S THE P PLAN. >> I’M EXCITED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. NEWS WOLFFY OVER THERE JUST SCREAMING AT ME. IT’S GOOD. YEAH, I MEAN IT SHOULD BE FUN.
BRYSON AND D.J. AND RAHM I THINK ARE UP THERE SO BE ABLE TO CHASE THOSE GUY DOWNS AND GET YOUR FIRST WIN WOULD BE PRETTY AWESOME. >> GOOD LUCK TOMORROW. PLAY WELL. >> CHEERS. >> ANY MORE LAID BACK HE WOULD BE LYING FLAT ON THE GROUND. PETER UIHLEIN. BIRDIE.
>> BRYSON MADE HIS PAR TWO ROUND OFF A 62 EIGHT UNDER PAR AND THE LEAD AT THE MOMENT 11 UNDER. PHIL PLAYED THE PRO AM THE OTHER DAY WITH WILL LEVIS THE QUARTERBACK OF THE TENNESSEE TITANS. >> BRYSON, FANTASTIC ROUNDS TODAY, EIGHT UNDER PAR. AT ONE POINT WE WERE ON A
SUB60 ROUND WATCH. DID THAT CROSS YOUR MIND? >> ABSOLUTELY. IT WAS QUITE DISAPPOINTING THE WAY I FINISHED OFF TO BE HONEST. I WASN’T REALLY HITTING IT PARTICULARLY WELL BUT PLACING IN THE RIGHT PLACES AND I MADE MORE PUTTS TODAY. IT’S WEIRD, WEIRD DAY BECAUSE I JUST FELT LIKE I
COULD SHOOT SUB60s ALL DAY IT WAS GOING THAT WAY AFTER 16 AND THEN I JUST I GOT UNCOMFORTABLE FOR SOME REASON WITH THE GOLF SWING A LITTLE BIT. WEDGES WEREN’T FLYING THE WAY THEY SHOULD. IT’S 62 FOR YOU. >> DID THE THOUGHT OF THE 59 MADE YOU NERVOUS?
>> I THOUGHT I WAS SHOOTING 57 AFTER HEARING THAT KORN FERRY NUMBER YESTERDAY. THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST SUBOPTIMAL 62s I’VE EVER HAD BUT I WILL TAKE A 62 ANY DAY OF THE WEEK. >> WELL, CRUSHERS YOU GUYS ARE HUNTING FOR YOUR FIRST SEASON WIN THIS WEEKEND. WHAT IS THE SECRET BEHIND
THE CRUSHERS. HOW DO YOU KEEP HUNTING FOR CONTENTION. >> WE’RE LIKE THAT MOSQUITO THAT JUST KEEPS NAGGING ABOUT YOU. IT’S THAT DANG MOSQUITO YOU CAN’T QUITE GET IT. THAT’S PROBABLY A REFERENCE THAT WILL GET MEMED OR SOMETHING. I LOVE THE GUYS AND THEY ALWAYS WORK HARD EVERY DAY AND THEY FIGHT FOR EVERY
SINGLE SHOT. I AM EXTREMELY PROUD OF EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. COME OUT HERE AND PLAY WELL. >> THANKS FOR THE CHAT. GOOD LUCK TOMORROW. >> CAM RONG SMITH 2nd AT 16. BRYSON ENDED WITH FIVE PARS FOR A AND I QUOTE “SUBOPTIMAL” 62. >> HATTON TO PUTT HERE ON 17
BEFORE DUSTIN JOHNSON HAS THE CHANCE TO TIE BRYSON DECHAMBEAU AT 11 UNDER. >> MR. ANGRY STRIKES AGAIN. IF YOU HAVE YET TO SIGN UP FOR LIV GOLF+ YOU ARE MISSING OUT ON SOMETHING QUITE SPECIAL. DOWNLOAD THE APP FROM THE APP STORE JUST LIKE YOU WOULD NETFLIX, PARAMOUNT+ OR PEACOCK BUT UNLIKE THOSE LIV
GOLF+ IS FREE FOR MOST OF THE WORLD. ONCE THERE YOU CAN ENJOY COMMERCIAL FREE LIV GOLF LEAGUE ACTION FOR A GOLF FAN IT’S HEAVEN. DUSTIN JOHNSON TO TIE THE LEAD GOING INTO THE FINAL ROUND. THIS TO MATCH BRYSON DECHAMBEAU’S 62. >> THESE CHAMPSIONS DELIVER ONCE MORE 62 FOR BRYSON AND
NOW 62 FOR DUSTIN JOHNSON. HE WAS 5 UNDER PAR ON THE BACK 9 D.J. HE WILL GO INTO CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY LEVEL WITH BRYSON ON 11 UNDER PAR. BRYSON, D.J., RAHM FIND ROUND PAIRING. WE ARE PRETTY CLOSE TO CONFIRMING THAT WOULD BE THE CASE, JERRY AREN’T WE? >> IT’S NOT CONFIRMED YET.
THERE IS A SYSTEM BY WHICH ANY BREAK THAT TIE AT 9 UNDER ALTHOUGH I BELIEVE IT’S LOOKING FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND PRETTY POSITIVE FOR RAHM TO BE THE ONE IN THAT FINAL GROUPING. 62 FOR JON RAHM TODAY PETER UIHLEIN HERE’S CANTER TO GET TO 8 UNDER. WITH THE TWO LIV GOLF WILD
CARDS RIGHT NOW. >> HE’S JUST BEEN SNEAKING ALONG UNDER THE PARADE TODAY JUST TRYING HIS BEST TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EVERY OPPORTUNITY. >> LEE WESTWOOD TWO UNDER FOR THE TOURNAMENT PLAYING HIS FINAL HOLE NUMBER 9. OVER A WATER HAZARD IF YOU HIT IT LONG YOU WILL ALMOST ALWAYS GOING TO MAKE BOGEY HERE.
STRAIGHT DOWN THE CLIFF. >> . >> WELL, AS YOU KNOW THERE’S A BIG GAME COMING UP ON SUNDAY YOU DIDN’T THINK WE WOULD GET THROUGH THE WEEK WITHOUT OUR PLAYERS MAKING SUPER BOWL PICKS DID YOU? THESE ARE THE PREDICTIONS THAT YOU NEED. WE ASKED OUR PLAYERS WHO’S GOING TO WIN THE BIG GAME.
>> I THINK THE JAGUARS. WRONG TEAM. NO, HONESTLY I GOT TO GO WITH I’M A CALIFORNIA BOY SO 49ERS. >> I THINK SAN FRANCISCO IS GOING TO WIN THE BIG GAME. >> SAN FRANCISCO MY FAMILY IS BIG NINER FANS AND I THINK BROCK FURREDY IS ONE OF THE — PURDY IS ONE OF
THE GREATEST STORIES IN THE NFL AND I THINK THEY’RE GOING TO WIN. >> I’M GOING TO GO WITH 49ERS. >> THE CHIEFS. >> I WOULD SAY THE CHIEFS. >> I WOULD SAY THE CHIEFS. >> I’M HOPING FOR THE 49ERS. >> I THINK THE 49ERS. >> CAN’T BET AGAINST MAHOMES. >> 49ERS.
>> THE CHIEFS. I WILL PUT ALL MY MONEY ON PATRICK MAHOMES. >> GOT TO TAKE THE 49ERS. >> I LIKE MAHOMES AND THE CHIEFS. I’M GOING TO GO WITH KANSAS CITY. >> I WILL GO WITH THE CHIEFS. >> I’M GOING TO TAKE THE NINERS. >> I THINK THE KANSAS CHIEFS
ARE GOING TO WIN. >> 49ERS. >> THE NINERS. >> I’M GOING TO GO WITH CHIEFS TAKE MAHOMES IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. >> THE 49ERS. >> IT’S HARD TO GO AGAINST PAT MAHOMES I’M GOING WITH CHIEFS. >> I THINK IT WILL EITHER BE A 49ERS BLOWOUT OR IT’S GOING TO BE CLOSE KANSAS
CITY IS GOING TO WIN. >> I’M TAKING MAHOMES AND KELCE AND TAYLOR SWIFT BY 3. THAT’S A COOL LOOKING HELMET RIGHT THERE. THAT’S WHAT WE NEED FULL CONTACT GOLF. YOU SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO PLAY DEFENSIVE TEAM GOLF. >> YEAH, STILL A COUPLE OF GROUPS OUT THERE AT 7 AND AT 9.
SCOTT VINCENTS AT THE IRON HEADS AT LEVEL PAR HIS ROUND SO FAR HE CAN GET IT BACK IN THE RED NUMBERS WITH A BIRDIE HERE. >> THE SUPER BOWL IS SCRIPTED AS WELL SO THE NINERS WILL WIN. MUCH LIKE THE ACE I GUARANTEE YOU TOMORROW AND TEAM PLAYOFF WITH LIV GOLF.
THAT ONE SLIDES BY SCOTT VINCENT. >> THE TEAM COMPETITION IS SHAPING UP BEAUTIFULLY GOING INTO THE FINAL DAY WHERE ALL FOUR SCORES WILL COUNT. THAT’S NEW FOR 2024 IN THE LIV GOLF LEAGUE. WHICH MEANS YOU’RE ONLY AS GOOD AS YOUR WORST PLAYER ON THE DAY. THE GOATS AND THE 4ACES
LEVEL 26 UNDER PAR BOTH UNDERACHIEVE DRAMATICALLY IN MEXICO LAST WEEK. THEY’VE GOT IT BACK ON TRACK HERE IN LAS VEGAS. THE CRUSHERS 24 UNDER, BRYSON DECHAMBEAU AND HIS BOYS ARE FINISHING SECOND LAST WEEK. BROOKS’ SMASH 23 UNDER YOU WOULD NOT BET AGAINST LEGION XIII GOING BACK-TO-BACK OR INDEED TORQUE THAT CAME
THIRD LAST WEEK WE WERE LEADING GOING INTO THE FINAL ROUND. THEY WON FOUR TIMES LAST SEASON THIS IS LEE WESTWOOD FOR BIRDIE AT 9. MAJESTICKS NEED ALL THE HELP THEY CAN GET DOWN AT 13. 69 FOR LEE WESTWOOD TWO UNDER PAR. KIERAN VINCENT TWO AHEAD OF HIS BROTHER. THE VINCENT BROTHER BRAGGING
RIGHTS IN LAS VEGAS. THIS FOR A BIRDIE TO END HIS ROUND ON THE SEVENTH MAKE THAT 3. SCORE NOT COUNTING AT THE MOMENT FOR 13 AND HE CAN’T IMPROVE THE SITUATION EVEN IF HE PUTTS THIS AWAY. WHICH HE DOES. LEGION XIII 19 UNDER PAR GOING INTO THE FINAL DAY IN FIFTH PLACE.
SERGIO GARCIA PLAYED ALONG WITH BRANDON GRACE. >> THIS PAR AT 9. AND A 65. AND THE FINAL PUTT OF THE DAY. SERGIO GARC WHO IS THREE UNDER PAR THE MAN WHO FORCED FOUR PLAYOFF HOLES LESS THAN A WEEK AGO. MAYAKOBA RUNNER UP TO JOAQUIN NEIMANN MAKE HE CAN
END HIS DAY WITH A BIRDIE HERE AT THE 9th. >> SO WE ARE JUST ABOUT DONE. DUSTIN JOHNSON IS ADDRESSING THE MEDIA IN HIS PRESS CONFERENCE LIVE WHY DON’T WE TAKE A LISTEN. >> OBVIOUSLY IT’S OLD SCHOOL IT’S NARROW YOU GOT TO DRIVE A WHILE YOU KNOW WE’RE
COMING OFF OF LAST WEEK IT DOESN’T SEEM THAT NARROW, SO, I THINK LAST WEEK WAS GOOD PREP FOR THIS WEEK BECAUSE YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT JUST TO HIT IN THE FAIRWAY. ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE CONTROLLING THE GOLF BALL. >> SO YOU SHOT LET’S SEE EIGHT UNDER TONIGHT EIGHT UNDER TODAY.
DID YOU THINK COMING OUT HERE THAT’S A NUMBER THAT’S GOING TO HOLD FOR YOU. THE COURSE IS OBVIOUSLY THE GREENS THERE’S SOME SLOPES AND A LOT OF SECTIONS BUT IF YOU’RE CONTROLLING THE GOLF BALL YOU GET A LOT OF SHORT IRONS IN YOUR HEAD IF YOU ARE DRIVING IT STRAIGHT.
YEAH, I MEAN I HAD KEPT IT BETWEEN THE TREES PRETTY WELL THE FIRST TWO DAYS AND GETTING MYSELF A LOT OF NICE BIRDIES. THE 4ACES ARE CURRENTLY TIED FOR FIRST PLACE AS WELL. WHAT’S THE STRATEGY WITH THE TEAM TONIGHT’S. ALL THE GUYS I MEAN EVERYBODY IS PLAYING PRETTY
WELL IF WE WANT A CHANCE TO WIN. AWESOME I WILL KICK IT OVER TONIGHT. D.J.’S MANY HIGHLIGHTS TODAY A 62 A PHENOMENAL ROUND OF GOLF THAT WAS FOR BIRDIE AT 2. D.J. TEEING OFF TODAY AT 18 THAT WAS FOR BIRDIE AT 8. IT’S THE SECOND SHOT AT THE 10th. MATCHING BRYSON DECHAMBEAU’S
SHOT FOR SHOT TODAY. 67 YESTERDAY. THIS IS HIS BIRDIE PUTT AN 11 ABOUT D.J. THIS HIS SECOND AT 17 TO END HIS DAY WHEN YET ANOTHER BIRDIE. GREAT STUFF FROM THESE CHAMPION GOLFERS AND WE PRETTY MUCH GUARANTEED OF SEEING BRYSON DECHAMBEAU AND DUSTIN JOHNSON IT’S A STAGGERED SHOTGUN START
TOMORROW IN THE FINAL ROUND SO THEY’LL BE GOING OFF LAST WITH EITHER JON RAHM OR PETER UIHLEIN THAT ARE JUST 9 UNDER PAR. EITHER WAY TOMORROW IS GOING TO BE ABSOLUTE BOX OFFICE IN THE RACE FOR THE TITLE HERE IN LAS VEGAS. >> YEAH, THERE’S NO QUESTION THESE GUYS ARE GOING TO BE
GIVING EACH OTHER THE OLD HAIRY EYEBALL ALL DAY. THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SMELL EACH OTHER’S FEAR. YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF ALPHA MALES OUT HERE PLAYING SOME OF THE BIGGEST STARS OF THE GAME OBVIOUSLY A GOOD COLLECTION OF THE GREATEST PLAYERS. THERE’S A LOT OF HEAD LINES THEY GET VERY FEW
OPPORTUNITIES IT IS GOING TO BE ONE FOR THE AGES PERHAPS TOMORROW. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY AND AMAZING THESE GUYS IN SECOND EVENT OF THE SEASON ARE SHOWING THE FORM THAT THEY ARE. THEY HAVE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING THIS SEASON HAVEN’T THEY. JON RAHM IT’S A 63 FOR HIM TODAY HE IS ONLY TWO SHOTS
BACK THIS IS FOR BIRDIE AT 70. HE TEED OFF AT 6. PROBABLY TOOK THAT PERSONALLY. NOW FOR BIRDIE AT 8 THAT’S GOING TO BE LOUD TOMORROW. THAT BIRDIE AT 13. DELICATE. SKILLFUL JUST BEAUTIFUL. >> YOU KNOW WHAT WHO IS GOING TO PLAY OUT TOMORROW THE GUYS WHO ARE TRAILING IF
THAT POWERHOUSE 3 BALL IS THE LAST GROUP. THE GUYS ARE TRAILING MIGHT NOT HAVE AS GOOD A CHANCE BECAUSE I THINK THEY’RE GOING TO FUEL EACH OTHER ON TOMORROW TRYING TO BEAT EACH OTHER’S BRAINS IN. MAYBE DOWN TO 10ING OR 11th 7 UNDER THESE GUYS STILL HAVE A CHANCE IF THEY
GET A LITTLE HELP FROM ABOVE. >> BRYSON AND DUSTIN 62 TODAY THEY’RE TWO CLEAR. THE NEXT 16 PLAYERS ARE SEPARATED BY THREE SHOTS. LET’S LISTEN INTO JON RAHM AND BRYSON DECHAMBEAU. >> I PUTTED WELL AND DROVE IT PRETTY WELL FOR THE MOST PART AND JUST GOT TO TIDY UP SOME THINGS FOR TOMORROW.
>> JON YOU HAD A BOGEY FREE 7 UNDER 63 TODAY. TELL US ABOUT YOUR ROUND. >> IT WAS, IT WAS A VERY GOOD DAY, VERY ORGANIZED DAY I WOULD SAY. DROVE IT REALLY WELL. AND WHEN YOU HAVE A TRADITION OF GOLFERS LIKE THIS ONE MIGHT NOT BE THE LONGEST BUT IT IS PRETTY
NARROW SO, IF YOU CAN PUT THOSE DRIVES IN THE FAIRWAY YOU DEFINITELY GOING TO GIVE YOURSELF A FEW BIRDIE CHANCES AND I FEEL LIKE I DID TODAY. GAVE MYSELF A TON OF LOOKS. EVEN THOUGH I MISSED A FEW WHICH OBVIOUSLY YOU MIGHT MISS A FEW I STILL ENDED UP
SHOOTING A VERY LOW SCORE. SO VERY PLEASED AND HOPEFULLY I CAN KEEP IT GOING TOMORROW AS WELL. >> YOU ARE ONLY TWO SHOTS OFF THE LEAD. IT SEEMS LIKE THE WAY THAT THIS COURSE PLAYS THAT THAT’S GETTABLE FOR YOU. >> YEAH, YEAH I MEAN TWO SHOTS WILL GET YOU ANYWHERE.
IT COULD BE ONE SIMPLE HOLE THEN YOU ARE BACK AT IT. I WILL NEED A LOW ONE TOMORROW. IT’S MORE LIKELY GOING TO COME IN AND SHOOT SO WE’RE NEED TO POST SOMETHING NOT EXTREMELY LOW TO END UP WITH A WIN. IT’S A GOLF COURSE THAT SOMEBODY WILL COME OUT AND
PLAY BIRDIES AND MAKE WELL. BRYSON YOU ARE TIED FOR THE LEAD WITH DUSTIN. YOU WILL PROBABLY BE IN THE MARQUEE GROUP TOMORROW WITH DUSTIN AND JOHN. >> THEY’RE ALWAYS GREAT GUYS TO PLAY WITH. THEY’RE A LOT OF FUN. BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD GO HEAD-TO-HEAD AGAINST EACH:IT’S MORE OF A SPRINT
TO A FINISH NOW. WITH A LOT OF BIRDIE HOLES OUT THERE IT’S GOING TO BE EXCITING A LOT OF FIREWORKS. WHAT’S YOUR STRATEGY TOMORROW TRYING TO BREAKAWAY FROM THE BACK AND GET THAT WIN. >> I HAVE TO GET MY WEDGING BETTER. IF I CAN DO THAT I WILL BE ATTACKING EVERY HOLE.
>> WE’RE GOING TO SEE YOU ON THE RANGE IN A LITTLE BIT? >> NOT AT ALL YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO SEE ME ON THE RANGE. >> KICK IT OVER TO MIKE. >> BRYSON YOU CALLED IT A WEIRD DAY, SUBOPTIMAL DAY, 62. >> WEIRDEST 62 I’VE EVER HAD. >> SUBOPTIMAL 62 THAT JUST
SHOWS YOU THE FRAME OF MIND AND FORM THAT BRYSON DECHAMBEAU IS IN. QUITE INCREDIBLE. HE LOOKED LIKE SOMEONE LIKE A CAM SMITH WHO BIRDIED HIS OWN OPENING FIVE HOLES IN MAYAKOBA SO HE’S ONLY FOUR BACK. HE COULD BE AN ABSOLUTE CALVARY CHARGE TOWARD THE END OF THE DAY ON CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY TOMORROW.
BUT IF YOU ARE BRYSON AND YOU ARE JON RAHM AND YOU ARE DUSTIN JOHNSON AGAIN WE’RE NOT ENTIRELY SURE AT THE MOMENT WHETHER RAHM WILL BE IN THAT GROUP. WE SUSPECT AS SUCH WHICH WILL BE FANTASTIC TO WATCH. WILL THAT BE GOOD FOR EACH OF THEM JUST SEEING CHAMPION
GOLFERS ALL AROUND THEM AND IT’S A RACE TO THE WIRE TOMORROW. >> THESE ARE THE DAYS THESE GUYS GO TO BED DREAMING ABOUT. YOU WANTED TO BE WITH THESE GUYS YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO STARE THEM DOWN TO IMPOSE YOUR WILL UPON THEM AND UPON THE GOLF BALL CONTROL IT TO
MAKE BIRDIES ON A DAY LIKE TOMORROW. YOU KNOW. IT CAN BE A REALLY SPECIAL, SPECIAL DAY. >> THEN BELIEVE IT OR NOT FLYING UNDER THE PARADE IT’S INCREDULOUS TO THINK THAT YOU CAN REFER TO OUR DEFENDING INDIVIDUAL LIV GOLF CHAMPION AS FLYING UNDER THE RADAR AFTER WHAT TALOR GOOCH DID LAST YEAR.
BUT HE’S THREE SHOTS BACK. WOULDN’T SURPRISE ANYBODY FOR HIM TO GO OUT THERE TOMORROW AND HOLD HIS OWN AGAINST THEM. THE REASON HE DOESN’T GET THE HEADLINES HE DIDN’T HAVE THE MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD YET THAT THEY DO. MY PICK OF THOSE WILD CARDS CHASING FROM BEHIND DON’T HAVE THE HUGE MAJOR
CHAMPIONSHIP RÉSUMÉS WOLFF. >> 65 ON DAY ONE. A 66 TODAY FOR MATTHEW WOLFF WHO PLAYS FOR THE RANGEGOATS. TAKE A LOOK AT BRYSON DECHAMBEAU HIGHLIGHTS TODAY. HE TEED OFF WITH FOUR HIT HIS STRIDE STRAIGHT AWAY FOR BIRDIE. >> WE WERE AND HE’S NOT AFRAID TO SAY HE WAS ON 59
OR LESS WATCH DURING HIS ROUND. HE BIRDIED NINE OF HIS FIRST 13. HE ENDED FIVE PARS THIS IS HIS SECOND SHOT AT 14. ONE BOGEY WAS THE NOT ONLY BLEMISH ON HIS ROUND THIRD SHOT AT 1562-57 WIN IF HE WINS TOMORROW IN LAS VEGAS THERE WE GO THAT IS THE TOP
OF THE TIE LONG AFTER ROUND 2. D.J., BRYSON, 62s TODAY THEY ARE 11 UNDER PAR THE LEAD IS 2 OVER A TRIO CLEARLY JON RAHM PETER UIHLEIN AND MATTHEW WOLFF. TALOR GOOCH OUR REIGNING INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION JASON KOKRAK AND LAURIE CANTER AND CAM SMITH HE CAN GO SUPER LOW TOMORROW BUBBA WATSON AS
WELL AT 7 UNDER. AND JOAQUIN NEIMANN WHO WAS VICTORIOUS IN MAYAKOBA LAST WEEK. HE’S NOT A MILLION MILES AWAY ON 6 UNDER PAR. A STEADY WEEK FOR HENRIK STINSON WHO IS BATTLING ILLNESS HERE IN LAS VEGAS. BROOKS KOEPKA ALSO AT FIVE UNDER PAR HE WILL HOPE THAT HIS SMASH GC CAN AT LEAST
GET ON THE PODIUM TOMORROW. NOT HAROLD VARNER III’S DAY TODAY. 64 YESTERDAY BUT 4 OVER PAR 74 TODAY. PATRICK REED HIS SCORE COUNTED IT’S 66 FOR THE 4ACES TO GET THEM INTO CONTENTION TODAY SO YOU MIGHT BE OUT OF IT THIS IS LIV GOLF INDIVIDUALLY. BUT EVERY STROKE COUNTS FOR YOUR TEAM.
>> YOU KNOW DAVID WHEN I LOOK AT BRYSON DECHAMBEAU ON THAT SUB60 WATCH NOT THAT LONG AGO THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK OF THIS CATCHPHRASE CALLED A COMFORT ZONE. IN SPORTS I CALL IT YOU TALK ABOUT IT YOU OFTENTIMES SEE EVEN GREAT PLAYERS GET OFF TO GOOD STARTS.
ALMOST GET AFRAID TO SHOOT SOMETHING REALLY LOW. I DOESN’T SEEM LIKE BRYSON DECHAMBEAU HAS A COMFORT ZONE AND IF IT IS, IT’S A REALLY LOW COMFORT ZONE. THERE’S SUCH A THING AS A FEAR OF SUCCESS. YOU HAVE TO WANT THE RESPONSIBLE THAT THE COMES WITH SUCCESS. >> THEY HAVE RESPONDED THEY
ARE TIED FOR THE LEAGUE WITH THE PETER UIHLEIN HE IS 9 UNDER. THOMAS PIETERS A VERY GOOD WEEK FOR THE BELGIAN AS WELL THAT WAS HIS SECOND SHOT AT THE SEVENTH THEY WILL GO INTO THE FINAL ROUND LEVEL ON 26 UNDER PAR THEY CAME TENTH AND THAT WAS FOR
BIRDIE AT 16 HE SHORT TODAY FOUR OF THE 66 AND FOR BIRDIE AT 17. WITH A HORROR START TODAY FOUR OVERA 6 HE GOT IT BACK AND IT COUNTED TODAY AS WELL. THAT WAS FOR BIRDIE AT 10 SO THE TEAM LEADERBOARD ALL FOUR SCORES COUNT ON A WILD FINAL ROUND CHAMPIONSHIP
SATURDAY THAT IS THIS WEEK SO THE GOATS AND THE 4ACES ARE LEVEL. THE CRUSHERS THEY ARE ONCE AGAIN 24 UNDER PAR. BROOKS HAS SMASHED 23 UNDER A LITTLE FURTHER BACK BUT IT’S LEGION XIII AND TORQUE THE MAJESTICKS REMEMBER THAT THE 13th PLACE TEAM AFTER 13 EVENTS WHICH FORMS OUR
REGULAR SEASON DO NOT PLAY AT THE END OF SEASON TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS. WE’RE GOING TO SEE A FINE, FINE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP TOMORROW. >> AND JERRY HAS PREDICTED A TEAM PLAYOFF. THERE’S A >>> IT’S SCRIPTED. THE ACE IS A DONE DEAL. IT WILL HAPPEN AT NUMBER 8. I WOULDN’T BET ON
THAT AT THE RUE ROULETTE WHEEL. ITS HAPPENINGG TOMORROW. SAME WEEKEND AS AMERICAN SPORTS MOST IMPORTANT PLAY OFF OF THE ENTIRE YEAR. OBSERVE WE YEAR OF COURSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE SUPER BOWL. >> WHO IS YOUR MONEY ON? >> 49ERS. >> FUR OURS. OURS >> FOR OURS. >> OH, THE OTHER
TEAM CONTEST I COULDN ‘T GIVE A RATS PATOOT ABOUT. OURS I’M GOING WITH THE GOATS. >> SMASH ALL OF THE WAY. >> LEGEND 13. MAYBE THEY HAVE GIVEN THEMSELFVES TOO MUCH WORK TO DO ON THE FINAL DAY. IT’S JUST, YOU KNOW HOW EMBARRASSED THE CHAMPION TEAM YOU LOOK AT THE LEADER
I WOULDN’T BET AGAINST THEM AT ALL. >> THESE WERE TWO DISAPPOINTING 62s. SUBOPTIMAL. DUSTIN WAS A LITTLE MORE HAPPY ABOUT HIS >> RON MADE A FEW PUTS TODAY. HE MENTIONED IT AND SEEMED TO LEAVE A LOT OUT THERE EARLY. NO ONE IS PLAYING PERFECT GOLF THE ENTIRE WAY AND THEY
ARE CAPABLE OF NOT HAVING THEIR BEST GAME AND STILL WINNING TOMORROW. SOMEONE HAS TO PLAY GREAT GOLF. >> JOIN US TOMORROW FOR CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY. IT’S GOING TO BE A THRILL RIDE IN THE INDIVIDUAL EVENTS AND IN THE TEAM EVENTS AS WELL. TWO GREAT ROUNDS OF GOLF TODAY BY DECHAMBEAU. THERE IS A HUNGRY
PACK CHASING THEM AS WELL. THE TEAM COMPETITION WILL GO ALL OF THE WAY. FOR THOSE OF YOU LEAVEING US NOW BE SURE TO JOIN US TOMORROW FOR OUR FINAL ROUND COVERAGE FOR LIV GOLF LAS VEGAS AT 12:30 EASTERN TIME OR 9:30 A.M. LOCAL . NOW IT’S TIME TO SWITCHOVER TO CLUB 54.
THE LIV GOLF POST ROUND SHOW THAT CAN BE FOUND GLOBALLY ON LIV GOLF PLUS OR THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL. GOOD-BYE FOR NOW FROM LAS VEGAS. >> LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS. THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE DAY TWO. CRUSHES FOUR ACES ALL LEADING THE TEAM STANDINGS RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY THAT
NEVER SLEEPS. IT’S SUPER BOWL WEEK, Y’ALL. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE DISPLAY OF GOLF TODAY. WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT IT. WELCOME TO CLUB 54 POST ROUND SHOW. I’M YOUR HOST CHRISTIAN CROSBY. I COULDN’T BE MORE EXCITED TO TALK TO YOU TODAY. WE ARE HERE WITH A SPECIAL GUEST.
BEFORE I INTROHIM INTRO HIM I HAVE TO INTROMY INTRO MY HOST. >> I HAD A GOOD TIME. IT’S MORE RELAXED. RIGHT FROM AWE TRAILI A AUSTRALIA. >> CAM SMITH. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. >> NO WORDS MAN. >> TWO DAYS IN VEGAS, HOW ARE YU FEELING? >>> COLD. >> IT IS COLD.
YOU SEE WHAT I HAVE ON. >> YEAH, NO. IT’S BEEN GOOD. THE GOLF COURSE HELD UP MORE THAN WE THOUGHT IT WOULD. IT’S TRICKY OUT THERE. ONE MORE ROUND TO GO. A FEW BACK THE RIPP ERS PROBABLY A BIT TOO FAR BACK. >> COULDN’T AGREE MORE. >> YOU TOLD ME WE’D
HAVE A CHAT YOU THOUGHT 20 UNDER PAR, 25 UNDER R MIGHT WIN. IT’S NOT BEEN THAT WAY. CAN YOU TELL US WHY? >> I THINK IT’S TRICKY BETWEEN ALL OF THE HOUSES AND BUILDINGS TO GAUGE THE WIND. IT’S SWIRLS AROUND A LOT. THERE IS NOT A LOT AROUND. PLENTY OF 20, 25
FOOTERS OUT THERE. I THINK THE GRADIENT OF THE EARTH HERE IS DICTATING WHAT THE PUT IS DOING. NOT NECESSARILY THE SLOPE. WHAT YOU SEE AND WHAT THE PUTT IS ACTUALLY DOING PEOPLE ARE SCRATCHING HAIR THEIR HEADS OUT THERE. THEY ARE TRICKY TO READ >> KAM, WE HAVE YOUR HIGHLIGHTS. WE’LL TAKE YOU
THROUGH THEM. >> YEAH, THIS WAS WHEN I STARTED HITTING IT QUIET NICE. >> YOU ARE ALWAYS DOING THAT WELL. >> THIS WAS A GOOD SECOND SHOT HERE. THAT ONE JUST SQUEEZED TO THE EDGE. >> YEAH, THIS IS WHERE IT STARTED TO FEEL GOOD. MAKING THOSE PUTTS AND KEEPING THE
ROUND GOING WAS NICE. >> DID YOU HAVE ANY MUD BALLS OUT THERE? I SPOKE TO ANOTHER PLAYERS THEY HAD TROUBLE WITH MUD BALLS. >> YEAH, WE PROBABLY HAD ONE OR TWO. ONE ON 6 TODAY THAT DID SOMETHING REALLY FUNKY. THE NEXT ONE DIDN’T DO ANYTHING FUNKY. ANOTHER TOUGH THING TO READ.
TOWARDS THE END OF THE ROUND THE FAIRWAYS FIRMED UP A BIT. TOMORROW, WITH THE FORECAST I THINK IT WILL BE WINDIER. I THINK IT WILL BE REALLY TRICKY TOMORROW. >> TALK US THROUGH THEM CAM. >> I WISH I COULD SEE THEM LIVE >> RIGHT. RIGHT. >> YEAH, >> IT’S NICE PLAY.
>>> WOW, WHAT A HIGHLIGHT THERE. [ LAUGHTER ] >> TALK YOUR TALK CAM. >> YEAH, ANOTHER PUTT GOING IN HERE. THIS ROLLED AS GOOD AS ANYONE. ONCE HE GETS THE ARMS GOING IT’S PRETTY SPECIAL. THAT’S A HARD HOLE THAT ONE. IF WE COULD CONTROL THAT HE WILL SHOOT IT REALLY LOW.
WE SAW THIS ONE THREE MINUTES AGO. THIS DID SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I THOUGHT IT WOULD DO. HE’S WORKED A LOT AND PUTTED IT IN THE OFF-SEASON. HE SAID HE NEEDS TO HIT IT BETTER. >> HERE IS SOME OF YOUR FANS ON SOCIAL MEDIA CAM. THEY LOVED THE ACTION. GOT TO LOVE THAT
FROM VEGAS. TALK ABOUT THE FANS, CAM. HOW HAVE YOU BEEN RECEIVEING THE FANS? >> YEAH, I LOVE IT. I DON’T KNOW, I’D LIKE TO EMBRACE THE FANS A BIT. IT A GOOD ATMOSPHERE TO DO THAT. THE MORE LOVE YOU GIVE THEM THE MORE LOVE THEY GIVE YOU. >> I LOVE IT.
WAS THAT HUE HOO THAT HOUDINI WITH THE PUTTER. >> WE ASK FANS TO SUBMIT THEIR SWINGS AND WE SHOW THEM TO YOU AND YOU CHECK THEM. BE HONEST. MAKES FOR GOOD TV. >> NOT >> NOT TOO BAD. COULD HAVE MORE ROTATION IN THE BACKSWING. NOT SO MUCH ROTATION WITH THE CLUB HEAD.
>> OKAY, YEAH IT’S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD. I’LL TAKE THAT ONE. >> THIS IS ANOTHER. >> TWO YOUNG BOYS RIPPING IT. I REBECCA THOSE DAYS. KEEP TRYING TO HIT IT HARD. >> IS THAT CAM APPROVED? >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. >> HERE IS ANOTHER. LET’S CHECK THIS OUT. >> OOO, NOT THAT PRETTY.
>> WE STILL LOVE YOU CBROOKS 23. DON’T BE MAD AT US. >> PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE CONNECTION IN THE BACKSWING. JUST TRYING TO GET YOUR ARMS DOWN IN FRONT OF YOURSELF. YOU ARE THROWING IT OUT TOO MUCH IN THE DOWN SWING. >> ALL RIGHT, ONE MORE CAM. >> OH, THAT ONE
LOOKS NICE. THIS GUY IS A FLUSHIER. I CAN TELL. THAT’S THAT WAS PURE. >> GOT TO LOVE THAT. >> CAM, YOU DID GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. YOU ARE AN ABSOLUTE STUD. WE HOPE TO HAVE YOU BACK SOON. >> YOU ARE IN WITH THEM TOMORROW. >> YEAH, I THINK SO.
GIVEN HOW TRICKY IT IS. LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE. WE LOVE THE WIN. I HOPE IT’S A GOOD DAY FOR MYSELF AND TEAM RIVER RIPPER. >> GUYS, BRING THE ENERGY. WE ARE IN LAS VEGAS. THEY PROMISEED THEY WOULD BRING THE ENERGY. CLUB 54. POST ROUND SHOW. WE CAN’T HAVE THE POST ROUND SHOW
WITHOUT RACHEL. WHAT’S GOING ON? >> WE ON? >> WE WILL HAVE A CHIPPING MASK. I SHALL WE BEGIN. >> YES, FIRST CHIP OF THE DAY. I DIDN’T MISS ANY GREENS TODAY. YOU ARE NOT MAKING IT EASY. BALL ABOVE MY FEET AS WELL. >> THEY SHOT 5 UNDER. MISSED TWO GREENS
AND MADE KNOW BOG BOUGIE. HOW DO YOU PLAY THIS TECHNIQUE? >> FOR THIS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE TIGHT LIGHTS, IT’S VERY MUCH ABOUT THE STRIKE AND ANGEL. WHAT YOU DON’T WANT TO DO. FOR ME, IT’S LETTING IT SET EARLYIER. THE ANGEL OF THE ATTACK IS STEEPER AND FOR ME, IT’S
KEEPING THE SPEED ON THE CLUB AND ROTATING THROUGH IT. IT’S MAKING SURE YOU DON’T STOP. LET LET’S JUST TRY ONE. >> BY SETTING THE CLUB EARLY YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT A WRIST HINGE. >> I DON’T THINK OF THAT TOO MUCH. >> IT DOES FOR THOSE AT HOME. >> NO.
>> YOU KNOW, FOR ME, YOU KNOW, I THINK GOLFERS ARE NOT THE BRIGHTEST PEOPLE. THE LESS WE THINK ABOUT STUFF THE BETTER. YEAH, I HAVE HIT A MILLION OF THESE IN MY CAREER. I TRUST MY TECHNIQUE. YEAH, I HAVE PLAYED IT SO MANY TIMES. JUST GET UP AND PLAY THE SHOT.
JUST COMMIT TO IT. >> LET’S TALK ABOUT SET UP. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT BALL POSSESSION? >> AGAIN, I DON’T REALLY WANT TO SAY THIS TO THE VIEWERS. MOVE THE BALL A BIT IF YOU WANT AND MOVE IT UP A BIT FARTHER. IF YOU WANT, YOU CAN MOVE IT FARTHER BACK
SO THE HANDS ARE SET FORWARD AND A LITTLE SQUARE THIS WAY. >> SO THAT WOULD BE HITTING A SLIGHTLY LOWER TRAJECTORY. >> YES, THAT DEPENDS ON WHAT SHOT YOU HAVE TO PLAY. WHAT’S IN FRONT OF YOU. >> YEP. >> IT’S THE ADAGE OF GETTING THE BALL ON THE GROUND AS WICK QUICKLY QUICKLY
QUICKLY QUICKLY AS YOU CAN. THIS SHOT HERE YOU ARE PROBABLY TRYING TO LAND IT TWO OR THREE YARDS ON THE GREEN AND RELEASE OUT TO THE FLAG. THERE IS NO NEED TO LOB IT UP IN THE AIR AND MAKE IT ANY MORE COMPLICATEED. IT’S JUST, SO FOR THIS SHOT. I WOULDN’T BE DOING
ANYTHING WITH MY BALL POSITION. PRETTY CENTRAL. HANDS SLIGHTLY FORWARD. JUST SET THE CLUB A BIT AND ROTATE THROUGH IT. >> IN TERMS OF ROUTINE. CLUB SECTION AND THINK ABOUT WHERE YOU WANT TO LAND IT. DO YOU PUT IT WHERE YOU WANT TO SEE IT. >> YOU HAVE A ROUGH IDEA.
A LOT IS LIE LIE DEPENDENT. >> LIKE THIS? >> WE HAVE A HOLE. >> YOU GET THE HANDS FORWARD TO MAKE SURE YOU GO DOWN AND INTO THE BACK OF THE BALL. ANYTHING BEHIND IT THE BALL WILL GO HERE. >> CAN WE SEE ONE. I’M PUTTING YOU UNDER PRESSURE HIRE.
>> I HOPE WE DON’T DO THAT. LET’S TRY TO GET ONE FIRST. >> COME ON. >> I HAVE TO GIVE YOU A ANOTHER. >> BALL BACK. >> WEIGH-IN YOUR FEET? >> NOT REALLY, MORE TRYING TO SET THE CLUB. THE HANDS ARE FORWARD. >> THERE WE GO. >> CAN I JUST SAY,
YOU HAVE NEVER HAD A SHOT LESSON >> NO, NEVER. >> IT’S QUICK THICK AROUND THE GREEN GREENS HERE. TALK US THROUGH HOW YOU’D PLAY THIS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. >> DEPENDING ON IF YOU ARE GOING TO THIS, YOU HAVE KIND OF SHORT SIDED YOURSELF. YOU PLAY IT WITH MY 58-DEGREE CLUB. OBVIOUSLY, YOU SET
THE CLUB BEHIND THE BALL TO SEE HOW OPEN YOU COULD GET IT TO GET UNDER THE BALL. AGAIN, NOTHING REALLY CHANGES. A BIT LIKE A BUNKER SHOT. ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE LONGER GRASS IS KEEP THE SPEEDUP. YOU DON’T WANT TO DEACCELERATE. AS SOON AS IT COME COMES INTO THE GRASS IT WILL FLIP UP.
>> WITH A GOOD CHIP TIP I’D GIVE TO THE PEOPLE AT HOME GRUB IT FIRMER WITH THE LEFT HAND. >> JUST SLIGHTLY FORGOTTEN STRONGER. >> IT FEELS LIKE THE CLUB IS MOVING THIS WAY. YOU DON’T WANT IT MOVING THIS WAY. >> GOT YOU. THERE IS A VERY GOOD COACH OUT HERE
CALLED PETE PETE. HE WOULD CALL THAT THE BUTTERFLY GRIP. YOU ARE LOOKING AT ME LIKE WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT RACHEL. >> IT’S THE SAME THING. IT’S BASICALLY, SOMETIME, I’D ACTUALLY PROBABLY DO THAT ON THE COURSE IF I TRY TO HIT A FADE. I’D GRUB IT TIGHTER WITH MY LIFT HAND.
I FEEL THIS STAYS REALLY STRONG AND THE CLUB WON’T DO THIS. THAT’S WHAT I DON’T WANT. I MIGHT JUST TRY TO FILL IT WITH MY LEFT HAND GRIP. JUST A LITTLE TIGHTE R. NOT STRONGER. >> I THINK THAT’S SO IMPORTANT. YOU ARE SET UP BEFORE YOU TAKE THE CLUB OR DICTATE THE SHOT.
>> EXACTLY. >> THERE IS NO MANIPULATION. SET THE CLUB HOW YOU WANT TO ADDRESS SQUARER. JUST PLAY THE SHOT SO THERE IS NO MANIPULATION. >> BEAUTIFUL. HOW LONG DO YOU SPEND ON THESE SORTS OF SHOTS? >> THIS GRASS WE PLAY ON QUIET A LOT. LAST WEEK WE HAD TO REVIEW THE GLASS AND
WE HADN’T GRASS. I HADN’T DONE CHIPPING SINCE WE WERE IN MIAMI. IT TAKES 20, 30 MINUTES TO GET A FEEL OF HOW IT GOES THROUGH THE GRASS AND COMES OUT. ONCE YOU HAVE THE FEEL NOT TOO MUCH. >> WE WILL FINISH THIS FOR THE VIEWER AT HOME. >> FOR ME, LIKE,
IT’S ABOUT CLUB HEAD SPEED. THAT’S WHAT I FEEL. CLUB HEAD SPEED AND STRIKE. IF YOU HAVEN’T GOTTEN STRIKE YOU DON’T HAVE NOTHING. ESPECIALLY OFF THIS KIND OF GRASS. SO, I’D CERTAINLY WORK ON YOUR STRIKE. WHEN YOU GET INTO THE LONGER GRASS IT’S MORE CLUB HEAD SPEED. >> ANY DRILLS FOR WORKING ON YOUR
STRIKE DRILL? >> I THINK, STRIKE IT’S BALL POSITION. WORK ON THE BALL POSITION. JUST MOVE IT FORWARD. SEE WHICH SHOT YOU’D PREFER TO PLAY AND WHAT YOU’D STRIKE THE BEST. JUST PLAY THAT. MAYBE IF YOU ARE TWO OR THREE YARDS OFF THE GREEN AND IT’S PUTTABLE PUT PUTTABLE. PUTT IT. IT’S NOT ABOUT
CHIPPING THE BALL IN. IT’S ACTUALLY RIGHT. FIRST AND FOREMOST YOU MADE PAR. PAR. >> I WAS SIX INCHES OFF THE GROUND. DON’T MAKE IT COMPLICATEED. PLAY THE SENSIBLE SHOT ALL OF THE TIME. >> THAT’S THE HARDEST THING. >> WE WANT TO PLAY THE SHOT THAT LOOKS GOOD. PROBABLY, I’D SAY
EIGHT TIMES OUT OF TEN THAT’S THE WRONG SHOT. >> IT’S THE SMART SHOT. >> TIGER WAS GREAT AT IT. HE PLAYED THE RIGHT SHOT ALL OF THE TIME AND THERE IS A LOT TO BE SAID ABOUT THAT. >> YOU ARE A A LEGEND. GOOD LUCK TOMORROW. >> THANK YOU. >> AMAZING JOB RACHEL.
THANK YOU, RICHARD. THAT WAS EXCEPTIONA L. I LEARNED A LOT FROM THAT. HERE IS A TWEET. ALL EYES ON THE BLAND WAGON. WHAT AN AWESOME PHOTO. GREAT JOB THERE . LIV GOLF CONTINUES TO BRING GOLF BUT LOUDER TO EXCITING VENUES AND CITYIES. THE PLAYERS HAD THIS EVENT CIRCLEED ON THEIR CALENDARS.
CHECK IT OUT Y’ALL. ♪ >> VEGAS, BAY BE. BABY. COME ON. >> I THINK I WILL BE COOL TO SHOWCASE AT A PLACE LIKE THAT. >> I THINK VEGAS COULD BE UNBELIEVABLE. IT’S SO CLOSE. SO MANY PEOPLE ARE IN TOWN. I’M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. >> LIV GOLF IN LAS
VEGAS WITH THE SUPER BOWL IS SOMETHING EXCITING. THOSE FANS ENJOY AND APPRECIATE WHAT LIV GOLF HAS TO OFFER. >> WE ARE GOING TO A LAS VEGAS COUNTRY CLUB. >> IT’S A GOLF COURSE I LIKE. IT’S MY HOMETOWN. THE STRIP WILL BE POPPING. VERY EXCITED TO PLAY AT HOME.
>> I THINK IT COULD BE NICE. >> VEGAS, SUPER BOWL WEEKEND. WON’T GET ANY BETTER THAN THAT. >> WE ARE LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING CLUB 57 POST GAME SHOW. I’M YOUR HOST CHRISTIAN CROSBY. JOINING US IS JERRY. TAKE A LOOK. JERRY CAN CHIME IN HERE.
THIS REMINDS ME OF A MOVIE I HAVE SEEN BEFORE. THE HANGOVER. >> THAT’S BRILLIANT. >> WE ARE IN VEGAS. IT DOESN’T GET MUCH BETTER BETTER THAN THIS. >> THE BABY CARRIER IS A CLASSIC . >> ALL RIGHT, WE ARE KEEPING THE SHOW GOING FROM LAS VEGAS. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
LET’S GET INTO INDIVIDUAL LEADERS OF TODAY. >> YES. >> YOU HAD A GREAT TIME WATCHING ALL DAY. >> WE HAVE A STAR-STUDDED LEADER BOARD. A BRYSON DECHAMBEAU LOOKED LIKE HE WOULD BREAK 70 ONCE AGAIN. >> SHOULD WE GRAB HIM. >> NO, HE LOOKED LIKE HE WAS GOING SUB60 AND STALLED
OUT AFTER HIS PAR FIVE. >> LET’S CHECK A LOOK AT THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM BRYSON DECHAMBE. >> YOU CAN ONLY SEE THREE PLAYERS. THIS IS FOR 6. HEAT INDEX 6 HE SAID THE PUTTER FELT GOOD. THIS IS ANOTHER 15 AT 7. SECOND SHOT OF THE NIGHT. THE HARDEST HOLE ON THE GOLF COURSE.
DRIVES IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FAIRWAY. GREAT DISTANCE CONTROL. >> MOVES ONTO IT 11th. ANOTHER MID LENGTH PUTT THAT’S THE DIFFERENCE MAKER. >> YOU HAVE TO KEEP THIS LIKE THE ONE FROM THE PREVIOUS HIGHLIGHT REEL. LOOKED LIKE HE’S ROLLING IT. HE’S OUT READY TO PLAY EARLY. STRUGGLED LAST YEAR
AT THE START OF THE YEAR. THAT’S NOT THE CASE RIGHT NOW. OH, LOOK AT THAT. >> SMITH HAS US OVERLOOKING FOR HAND WARMERS. HIS HANDS WERE ICE-COLD WHEN I SHOOK IT. >> WITH THE PUTTER THEY WEREN’T. >> THEY WOULD HAVE TO FREEZE IT. >> BRYSON TO TOUCH IT OFF AT 16.
>> SO, 62. ANOTHER BRILLIANT ROUND. >> YEAH. >> THAT’S INCREDIBLE. BRYSON DECHAMBEAU AGREED TO GET MICED UP ON HIS DAY ONE. BIG SHOUT OUT TO LIV GOLF PRODUCTIONS FOR THAT. TAKE A LOOK AT HIS DAY ONE. >> BRYSON DECHAMBEAU AND BROOKS KOEPKA WILL TEE OFF TOGETHER ON THE SECOND HOLE.
>> LOVE YOU. >> THAT HE SAYS GOING TO BE A FASCINATING THING. >> SO HARD TO SWING. >> 6, 7. >> I GOT 10 FEET. >> FLATTENS OUT AND GOES THIS WAY. >> STRAIGHT PUTT RIGHT HERE. >> DIALS IN THE DISTANCE NICELY. >> PRETTY WELL-DONE FROM BRYSON.
>> JUST A LITTLE SPEEDY. >> FIVE OR SIX UNDER THE FIRST ROUND. THE WWWOLFF DECHAMBEAU GOLF COURSE IS TAILOR MADE FOR ME. >> SO MUCH GOING THROUGH HIS MIND. >> BRYSON KICK TARTS HIS OPENING ROUND IN LAS VEGAS. BIRDIE AT 17. HE’S 2 UNDER PAR. >> THIS IS A FUN PUTT. YES.
>> HE’S BEEN GRINDING ALL DAY. BRYSON DECHAMBEAU. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT WAS FUN. >> AS ALWAYS. >> YOU TOO BROTHER. >> GOOD JOB GUYS. >> YOU HAVE TO LOVE IT. WHAT AMAZING CONTENT. THIS IS SOME TWEETS. THEY ARE ALL AT THE TIME. SEEMS LIKE A GOOD WATCH FOR ME TOMORROW.
>> HE IS IN THE FINAL FOR TOMORROW. >> SO COOL TO SEE BRYSON GET MICED UP. HE AGREEED TODAY AND TOMORROW. >> THEY CALL IT CONTENT. >> CONTENT IS KING. >> CONTENT AND CREATION. >> HE’S ALL ABOUT THE CONTENT AND HIS YOUTUBE CHANNEL AND GROWING HIS BRAND AND LIV WWWOLFF
DECHAMBEAU GOLF AS WELL. INTRODUCEING THE GAME TO AN AUDIENCE THAT WOULDN’T WATCH GOLF. IT’S AN OLD CATCHPHRASE BUT HE’S GROWING THE GAME. >> CERTAINLY. HE’S GROWING HIS BRAND AND SO MANY FOLLOWERS. HIS TEAM PUT TOGETHER YOU THINK WE E-MAIL TALK ABOUT’D TALK ABOT ON TV. >> I HAVE NO FOLLOWE RS.
>> HAVE YOU SEEN ANY OF MY STUFF ON SOCIAL. I ACTUALLY HAVEN’T. >> FLOW ONE HAS. >> ALL RIGHT, LET’S TALK ABOUT DUSTIN JOHNSON A BIT BEFORE WE GET OUT OF HERE. WE CAN’T DO A POST FAME SHOW WITHOUT BRINGING HIM UP. >> HE CLAIMED TO NOT HAVE PRACTICED A LOT.
HE EXPECTED A LITTLE MORE. DUSTIN JOHNSON, HE KNOWS WHERE THE BALL IS GOING AND ASSUMING THE PUTTER IS LUKEWARM. THE THING WE HAVE IN STORE TOMORROW. THOSE THREE HEAVY WEIGHTS WEIGHTS WILL PUSH EACH OTHER AND DOG FIGHT TO THE END. >> LET’S CHECK OUT HIGHLIGHTS HERE DY. >> HE DIDN’T PUTT
WELL A LITTLE LEFT TO RIGHT. RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOLE. WHEN HE’S AS HOT ASI ERRYIER AS JERRY SAID IT’S FRAZIER. >> IT REALLY IS. >> YEAH TO 11. CAUGHT THE CORNER OF THE HOLE >> THIS IS NOT AN EASY HOLE TO GET TO. >> NOT A LOT OF ROOM
OVER THE BUNKER. >> HE DIDN’T SEEM TO LIKE THE SHOT. WHAT’S NOT >> TOP OF MIND I’M THINKING ABOUT THE RANGE GOATS. JERRY, THESE GUYS ARE LOOKING GOOD OUT THERE. >>> FOUR SCORES TOMORROW. ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. YOU CAN BE 10 SHOTS BACK. >> THEY CHANGE IN TWO HOLES. IT’S ANYBODY’S GAME, REALLY.
THEY ARE PLAYING WELL. ALL FOUR OF THEM. >> WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTS HERE. PETER AT 7:00. >> LOOK AT THE WAY HE SPUN IN THERE. TURNED THE CLUB HEAD OVER. BEAUTIFUL SHOT. HIS SWING IS LOOKING BETTER THAN IT DID LAST YEAR. >> HE’S AS QUICK AS JONES. >> IF THERE IS SOMEONE RUNNING THE
MILE, IT’S THIS MAN. HE’S IN JUST THE RIGHT PLACE. I THINK AT 24 YEARS OLD HE’S NOT AFRAID. >> HE’S AS TALENTED AS ANYBODY ELSE. >>> OH. IT’S COLD OUT HERE. >> IT SHOULD BE FUN TOMORROW TO SAY THE LEAST. LET’S CHECK OUT THE LEADERBOARD, SHALL WHICH WE. THESE LOVELY GRAPHICS.
>> I MADE THE POINT. I KNOW YOU WERE LISTENING. THERE ARE ONLY 13 INDIVIDUAL TITLES. THERE ARE 41 PLAYERS THAT WON’T WIN AN INDIVIDUAL TITLE. WE HAVE A LOT OF ALPHA MALES. THEY WILL PUSH EACH OTHER. >> THEY REALLY ARE. IT’S BEEN A REVELATION. THEY WILL PUSH EACH OTHER HARDER.
I THINK 5 BACK HAS A CHANCE. I DON’T THINK THEY HAVE A CHANCE. >> I’LL GO WITH THE RANGE GOATS. ALL FOUR ARE ON FORM. >> I’M STICKING WITH IT NO CHANCE. >> AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON THE CLUB 54 POST ROUND
SHOW. I’M YOUR HOST ECONOMIMST CHRISTIAN. SEE YOU BRIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW FOR DAY THREE. HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. GOOD-BYE .
21 Comments
5 hours since this was posted I am the first one to comment! Nobody cares about the Liv Golf Tour end of 😂
Correction, very few people care..
I do
I do
Ya, everyone cares about LIV because that's where all the great golfers are. Just hard to find.
Love the coverage, not a fan of the terrible music
13 LIV events is also a problem. The tournaments are so sporadic golf fans have to really pay attention for when they are played. There should be around 20 events in my opinion
Can we please get some more ground view putts? See the slopes and the ball breaking is pretty cool
This format is really growing on me. You watch golf to see great players play and……There is a lot of it here. Once they get established and easier to find a on media it’s going to grow and even more. You can’t argue these are the best in golf. Commentators do try a little too hard sometimes but overall Love the content.
Love the production and the format. You guys are putting out and amazing product I am a huge fan.
Went to my first LIV Event today. Was such an experience.
Merchandise not being shipped to Saudi… it's golf Saudi.
LIV just keeps improving!!! Build a course on the land in Augusta and have a "LIV Masters" the week before, highlighter green jacket. Also 2 other "majors…LIV Open and LIV Championship, twice the payout and points.
How can you not love watching almost five hours of golf with no commercials. Besides the Masters, just about every golf event on CBS or NBC has way too many commercials. Regarding playing in shorts, pro tennis stopped wearing pants 100 years ago. With LIV you know who is playing on the weekend when you tune in unlike the PGA events.
Bryson seems to be very much single plane swing. Very consistent and with little arm location variation or bend. Straight arms and a little away from the ball depending on length of clubs.
Liv should have 3 teams of 4 non-affiliated golfers, that get shuffled each of the first 1/2 season tournaments. Or better yet set 3 teams. And if they finish ahead of 1/4 of the established teams they get the right to become a team. Stay together the rest of the season. If they then finish ahead of at least 3 teams by season end they get to be an official team for the next year and going forward.
There is absolutely no media coverage on the news on TV about LIV
I don’t know what everyone loves about this format but it’s annoying camera guys walking around like there a drone in the air circling while taking an interview just stand still. Also shot gun start just seems to much for you to really enjoy the great players they have
ive tried twice now to watch this silly clown show. the shorts, the loud music, the endless on air promos trying to gin up interest, that annoying euro lead announcer. Heres a newsflash…NO ONE CARES OR FOLLOWS THESE TEAMS. Golf will NEVER be a team sport! the LIV traitors have ruined the game of golf. No matter how many times that idiot bryson says hes in it to promote the game of golf everyone knows its for the saudi blood money. Wonder what Phil will do the rest of his life when liv folds its tent. I hope the pga champions bans him.
The 16th at the waste management enough said.,.Riveria next week and the Players soon !
Rahm going to LIV has shown pgat lovers that the most top golfers are on LIV 😊⛳️😇😉